Azathoth123 comments on Open thread, Oct. 6 - Oct. 12, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Azathoth123 07 October 2014 02:27:42AM 2 points [-]

See also modern attitudes toward abortion. In various points in history both would have been considered equally acceptable (at least taking herbs believe to help induce miscariges) or equally abhorrent.

Comment author: polymathwannabe 07 October 2014 12:55:57PM 0 points [-]

Now the Netherlands allows to "abort" a newborn with a birth defect that would make survival impossible. We've gone full circle.