ObamaCare's brave new world

New York Post ^ | September 7, 2009 | MEGHAN CLYNE

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Sarah Palin ignited a political firestorm when she worried that "death panels" would deny end-of-life treatment to her son with Down syndrome. In fact, ObamaCare would more likely see to it that people like Trig never even make it out of the womb.

The outlook for children found to have disabilities in utero is bleak now -- because the medical-ethics establishment has spent decades pushing for their abortion.

Thanks to advances in prenatal testing, it's now far easier to detect conditions like cystic fibrosis and spina bifida -- and our "best and brightest" overwhelmingly counsel parents to destroy the unborn child. It's estimated that about 90 percent of American babies with Down Syndrome are now aborted.

We're clearly on our way to the systematic elimination of "imperfect" people. And President Obama's "health-care reform" would get us there faster, by vastly expanding the government's influence over private health-care decisions.

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The National Institutes of Health has even put a price tag on how much Uncle Sam saves when disabled babies are aborted: A 1997 NIH report on cystic fibrosis noted, "Studies showed that the cost per identified CF fetus averted ranged from $250,000 to $1,250,000 for a Caucasian family of Northern European ancestry," while the "direct and ancillary costs associated with a CF birth" come in at around $800,000.

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When everyone is on the hook for everyone else's health-care costs, the result is nannying so hard-core it would make Mary Poppins blush -- just look at the scorn already heaped on smokers and the obese. Why should we pay just because some silly woman wouldn't abort her defective em bryo?

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The complete article is worth reading.

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Excellent post grey. BTW I always liked your brother’s show.

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The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life - by Ramesh Ponnuru

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Just received my copy of The Party of Death. I'll be reading it this week.

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The complete article is worth reading.

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Excellent!

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“It’s estimated that about 90 percent of American babies with Down Syndrome are now aborted.”

That is so sad.

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Father Pavone of Priests for Life called it FOCA (Freedom of Choice Act) in disguise. He also said: “The “health care reform” bills being finalized in Congress will set off a chain reaction that will result in a massive expansion of abortion! That’s because, unless Congress explicitly states that abortion is excluded, it will be regarded as “an essential benefit” for Americans.”