Don't read unless you want to be depressed.
Polygamy is now legal in the Netherlands
The Netherlands will not only allow disabled babies to be killed, but allow killing disabled elderly
Hentoff says we are already killing the disabled...
Is there a connection between Darwin, Malthus and Eugenics? asks this right wing site
Yes, says PBS
And Leon Kass discusses how family breakdown and autonomy is leading to the abandonment of the elderly LINK
Yet precisely as the need for long-term care is rising, the number of available caregivers -- professional and volunteer -- is dwindling. This is due in part to smaller and less stable families, greater geographical mobility, and the career demands of men and women. A crisis in long-term care will soon be upon us.
The shortage of caregivers is made worse by our cultural refusal to honor the need for care. ....
But this emphasis on autonomy ignores the truth of human interdependence and of our unavoidable need for human presence and care, especially when we can no longer take care of ourselves.
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