[mmercier]

I should not have read this.

One almost wishes that these "ethicists" found themselves in the same circumstance years back. Then the rest of us would be spared from their wisdom..

>> “Some doctors and nurses get competitive about the triumph of keeping these tiny, premature, babies alive,”

And we all know competition is a bad thing.

>> Although most doctors are opposed to an age limit

Because the light of compassion still lives within their hearts, and they are well aware that the more they try to manage a critical medical situation the easier it becomes. They know they need trial and error, not state mandated ignorance.

>> The Nuffield council is investigating the costs of raising the disabled children that premature babies often become as well as the expense of intensive care in neonatal units.

And therein lies the nut of the issue.

Cost.

Fans of socialized medicine should take note, it all boils down to this in the end. As the number of elderly rise, the number of some other competing financial burden shall yield. Granny waits for her new hip, or premie baby jane is LEFT TO DIE.

At least hitler was honest about it, he simply exterminated all the menially retarded, premature, and unfit (permanently disabled) up front, and with no compunction.

These "ethicists" feel the need to justify their proposed methodology to ease their compunction. And at the same time attain the same outcome. These people are pigs. If they are "ethicists" then I am Henry the eighth.

[stockpirate]

And well should be compared to Hitler, they also take the same path as Hitler, after all Hitler was also a Socialist just as they are, he headed "The National Socialist Party".

They shout their own name while having sex. A Godless generation that has the blood of millions on its hands.