Gender Abortion
May 19th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
In Sweden women are allowed to abort their baby when they are not happy with the baby’s sex. If they prefer to have a boy while the echo says it’s a girl (or the other way around) abortion is allowed. This is the conclusion drawn from a ruling of the National Health Council in Sweden.
As happens so often here too the ruling is innocently cloaked in legal language that reinterprets the law with the ‘best of intentions’. The non-specified term ‘situation of need’ is being enlarged so as to include the unfulfilled wish for a gender specific child.
Such language however betrays a tremendous shift in worldview and ethics on the part of those who speak. This shift goes unnoticed because it hides behind existing terms or formulae. There is a sensation of discomfort, but all seems to be alright. The same wording is still in place. Nobody is doing any wrong. « Read the rest of this entry »
