Doctors in Belgium overwhelmingly agreed that infanticide was acceptable, according to a new study.*
Of the healthcare professionals polled in Flanders, 93.6% of physicians surveyed ‘agree that in the event of a serious (non-lethal) neonatal condition, administering drugs with the explicit intention to end neonatal life is acceptable’.
While the term ‘serious (non-lethal) neonatal condition’ is not defined in the paper, similarly unrestrictive wording in the UK Abortion Act has in practice allowed for abortion right up to birth for babies prenatally diagnosed with a disability – including Down’s syndrome, cleft lip and club foot.
