Embodied in law here: Female hormones are a mitigating excuse for murder.

kanuk876 · 2008-07-29T05:42:28+00:00

Disclaimer: I do not entirely condone nor condemn infantcide. In the abortion debate, I'm pro-choice leaning.

Sarah Hrdy makes clear in "Mother Nature" infanticide is practiced by males and females, humans and primates, and is a natural (some might say inevitable) aspect of life. And regardless of how uncomfortable it makes pro-choicers feel, I see abortion as a lesser form of infanticide.

I believe infanticide is something we're going to have to come to terms with, sooner or later, if we intend to advance as a society and as a civilization.

The alternative to infanticide, in many cases, is child neglect. As a victim of emotional neglect and abuse, I feel I have the authority to say that some lives are not worth living.

Quality of life matters.

I suspect the reason primitive cultures sometimes kill children in cases where parental bonds cannot be guaranteed is because these peoples know, from experience, an unloved child leads to an unhappy and sick village.

kanuk876 · 2008-07-29T05:56:54+00:00

FTA:

A woman who kills her 5 month old child and claims mental illness, may be charged with "infanticide" according to the definition which has a limited penalty of a maximum time in prison much less than if she had been charged with murder of an adult.

If a father, who is deeply depressed, kills his 5 month old child he has committed "murder" and is often treated by the media and judges as another violent male. These judges are subject to feminist indoctrination in their training at the National Judicial Institute.

I strongly believe this is wrong.

But here's an even stickier situation: suppose the crime of 'infanticide' is extended to men. Now suppose an 'infanticided' child is not biologically the father's child. What if the father does, or does not, know his paternity?

Title	Embodied in law here: Female hormones are a mitigating excuse for murder.
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Date	July 29, 2008 1:37 AM UTC (17 years ago)
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