At the conclusion of World War II a serious of legal trials were held in Germany. Certain members of the Nazi party were charged with crimes against humanity. The defendants were active participants in government sanctioned genocide of Jews, the mentally ill, and other humans the Nazi's deemed as undeserving of life. Part of Nazi society included a program referred to as Akton T-4. Under this program the mentally disabled, and handicapped were systematically rounded up and murdered. People at the time were aghast to learn of this sanctioned program.
Today there is a new genocide that may be eagerly recommended to expecting parents. This genocide is against unborn children diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Doctors are able to run tests that are supposed to predict the likelihood of babies being born with Down Syndrome. According to the website Disaboom.com it is estimated that 80% of mothers who are told of the strong possibility of delivering a Down Syndrome baby will opt to kill the child through abortion.
The rationale for all of this is apparently a desire to not raise a less than perfect child who may require more than normal care. A study conducted in 2000 found that 25% of doctors who explained prenatal test results indicating the possiblity of Down Syndrome delivered the news with a negative spin or actively encouraged parents to murder the child through abortion. This is ethnic cleansing at its finest. It is also evidence that the eugenic movement did not end with the defeat of the Nazis. This eugenic mindset is not found behind the banner of a swastika. Rather, it is more subtle and as a result dangerous.
America has quickly joined Cambodia with killing fields of our own. Our killing fields are not managed by Khmer Rouge cadres, but rather medical professionals who most of us look to as the protectors of life.
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