Read more. The number of babies born with Down syndrome in Denmark continues to drop, with the lowest number recorded since the country began a Down syndrome registry in 1970. The Copenhagen Post noted that only 18 babies with Down syndrome were born in the year 2019, according to the Danish Central Cytogenetics Register. The decline in…
Leer más. La difícil situación de las mujeres uigures merece atención no sólo como un problema de la mujer, sino también como un problema de derechos humanos. No podemos ignorar este ataque a la mujer y a los derechos humanos El 25 de agosto, los titulares revelaron que el gobierno de los Estados Unidos está considerando acusar a China de…
Read more. The plight of the Uighur women warrants attention not only as a woman’s issue, but also as a human-rights issue. And, once heard, it’s impossible to ignore. On August 25, headlines revealed that the U.S.A. administration is considering accusing China of genocide due to the country’s treatment of Uighur Muslims. The U.S. government and human-rights groups have already charged China with detaining one…
Leer más. Los gerentes de salud del gobierno y los médicos de familia pidieron a las residencias de ancianos en el Reino Unido que se diesen instrucciones generales de «No resucitar» (DNR) a todos los residentes en el punto álgido de la pandemia de coronavirus para mantener las camas de hospital libres, según un informe.…
Read more. Nursing homes in the UK were asked by government health managers and family doctors to place blanket “Do not resuscitate” (DNR) orders on all residents at the height of the coronavirus pandemic to keep hospital beds free, a report has alleged. The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) surveyed 128 nurses and care home managers about their…
Read more. The French Assembly has passed – with unusually low turnout – a new law that allows French women to dispose of their unborn child just before giving birth, one more step towards outright infanticide. «This is the way by which civilizations die, die and the genius of peoples is annihilated», declared, in reaction…
Leer más. La Asamblea Francesa ha aprobado -con una asistencia inusualmente baja- una nueva ley que permite a las francesas deshacerse de su hijo no nacido hasta un instante antes de dar a luz, un paso más hacia el infanticidio abierto. “Esta es el camino por el que mueren las civilizaciones mueren y se aniquila…
Leer más. Recientemente ha habido un renacer de las actitudes eugenésicas que nos recuerdan al pasado. Antaño, muchos «líderes» creían que la vida de las personas con discapacidad tenía menos valor. La sociedad actual piensa que está más ilustrada y apoya más a las personas con discapacidad. El estudio sobre el que estoy escribiendo hoy…
Read more. Recently there has been an awakening concerning the eugenic attitudes of past leaders. Many leaders in the past believed that the lives of people with disabilities had less value. Today’s society thinks that it is more enlightened and more supportive of people with disabilities. The study I am writing about today indicates that eugenic attitudes towards newborns…
In the midst of the devastation that the CoVid19 pandemic has caused and continues today originating in terms of human lives, some countries continue to focus their efforts on eliminating those lives that seem to be considered «less worthy» of being lived.This is the case of New Zealand debate on euthanasia as the country approaches…
