I think before everyone's heads explode in a rash of disgust it should be pointed out that the article is not meant to be an argument in favour of infanticide .It is a philosophical argument designed to promote debate about abortion of disabled fetuses which is legal in some cases.She appears to be suggesting in the hyperthetical argument that there is is cause in some cases to kill a badly deformed or otherwise disabled child after birth as in some countries it would be permitted to abort the same fetus before birth
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She said she believes her argument was taken out of its academic and theoretical context, and that 'I wish I could explain to people it is not a policy - and I'm not suggesting that and I'm not encouraging that'.
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