Anencephaly

Following up on a post from yesterday, it would appear that the condition known as — which I note is being more and more often trotted out by pro- sorts to justify the continued legality of that detestable practice* — does not always result in the near-immediate death of the infant born with it. In plain point of fact, it is quite common for such infants to survive for weeks, months, and (in some cases) even years. What is more, the infants still develop to an extent; in one case, the baby was even able to perceive the presence and absence of its mother.

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* one wonders how many of these same people would decry the use of the “ticking time bomb” argument as a justification for torture?

~ by Kenneth on July 24, 2008.

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