Here is a myth that abortion supporters continue to perpetuate: Abortion is a necessary tool for poor and/or disadvantaged women who are not capable of taking care of the children that they carry inside them. The truth is that most abortions are by older (between 30-40) middle-class white women. So contrary to popular belief, abortions are rarely the domain of scared 15 year-olds for whom this is the only "good" option (ignoring, of course, the option of adoption, which is an even better option because it rhymes). The vast majority of abortions are by older middle-class white women for the purpose of birth control. And as we see in this depressing story, in the UK babies are routinely aborted for the most minor birth defects.
Late terminations have been performed in recent years because the babies had club feet, official figures show.
Other babies were destroyed because they had webbed fingers or extra digits.
Such defects can often be corrected with a simple operation or physiotherapy.
The revelation sparked fears that abortion is increasingly being used to satisfy couples' desire for the 'perfect' baby.
A leading doctor said people were right to be 'totally shocked' that abortions were being carried out for such conditions.
Campaigners warned we are turning into a society that can no longer tolerate imperfection. Doctors were recently told they can now screen IVF embryos to try to weed out inherited cancers.
This is the result when we adopt (forgive the language) the disturbing innovation that private individuals have the right to use lethal force under the right circumstances. Where do we go from here?
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