Wesly J. Smith is a bioethicist and author that I've noticed in the last year or so. In his latest article in the Weekly Standard, he compares the claims that Groningen University's* published policy and guidelines for determining which children aren't worthy of continuing to exist are the same as the German policy of killing deformed children during WWII. His evaluation seems to somewhat distance itself from that claim, but he does acknowledge the result is the same: a young child killed because the government determined his/her worthiness is below a certain level.

At any rate, the issue is something that I think everybody should be aware of, so please take a second if you're able and read what he's saying.

And of course the same thing happens in the United States. In the last 15 years, the number of trisomy 21 children born has plummeted because nearly all (86 percent**) are killed prior to being born.

*Verbum Domini lucerna pedibus nostris is Grogingen University's motton, which translates to The word of the Lord is a light for our feet. Interesting, considering this university's feet are leading the Dutch, and all of Europe down a path of killing toddlers for not being within the government-approved range of perfect. Who would want to live, though, not being smart - such as Downs Syndrome people?

**This is an oft-quoted statistic, but I can never pinpoint the source; everybody just cites the stat and says it's "from hospital studies." If it's from the CDC or Nat'l Inst. of Health, I'd like to know.