Bruce Bethke casually demolishes "the Insufferable Liberal" during a debate about abortion. Excerpt:

"What about brain-stem babies? What if the child was severely deformed, to the point that it had absolutely no prospect for ever living a normal life? Doesn't the child's quality of life factor into this?"

It could. But then, by the same principle, you'd euthanize Alzheimer's patients, people who were severely disfigured in fires or car accidents, and quite likely, Stephen Hawking. Do you also advocate doing that?

He paused for barely a moment, then smiled triumphantly and played his trump card. "What if your daughter was raped and got pregnant?"

I would be furious, vindictive, and very troubled and sad. It would be extremely difficult. But you know, under American law, we do not execute children for the crimes of their fathers.

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