[cammie]

Well, we disagree. I don't think this is a situation of impermissable "bad means" for "good end." I think this is morally equivocal means for a good end.

Kervorkian's means was "to end life" in order "to relieve pain." I don't believe there is any comparison between ending a life to relieve pain and giving someone a "stay short" injection to permit a better life.

[adiaireton8]

So would you have approved giving thalidomide (so that she wouldn't develop arms and legs) to this child while in utero, if it was determined medically that she would always have the mind of an infant?

-A8