In a letter to the editor of TCPalm.com, George W. Iliff urges that prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion be used to rid society of the problem of birth defects.

The reality is that requiring the birth of a baby with known birth defects is evil. We must therefore avoid allowing emotions to cloud our rational consideration of this subject.

… The birth of a baby is a miracle, but six billion miracles on Earth and counting are more than enough, thank you. It is inconceivable to intentionally allow a baby with serious birth defects to be born and cause a lifetime of suffering for both the child and the family.

We should be thinking in terms of healthy, happy families rather than get derailed by some ideological dogma.

TCPalm.com is a website of the Scripps Newspaper Group, part of the E.W. Scripps Company. It represents newspapers in southeast Florida.

Iliff is listed elsewhere on the site as a guest columnist, a registered professional engineer and a member of Mensa.

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