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International Criminal Court investigating NZ for eugenics

This might cause a bit of embarrassment over here.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, July 4, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has decided to launch an inquiry into a complaint against the New Zealand Government’s antenatal screening program for Down syndrome and other conditions.

The complaint was filed with the ICC by SavingDowns, the Spina Bifida Association of New Zealand (SBNZ) and Right to Life New Zealand. SavingDowns is an organized group of parents with children with Down syndrome.

The groups allege that the screening program, introduced nationally in February 2010 by the Ministry of Health, targets unborn children with Down syndrome and other conditions such as Spina Bifida for birth prevention. They also claim that such programs are eugenic, discriminatory and put parents under undue pressure to abort wanted babies.

The irony being that abortion in NZ is only legal if it puts the mother's mental or physical health in danger.

Related link: Eugenics in New Zealand? International Criminal Court launches inquiry

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  1. I doubt it would cause embarassment - more likely anger that anyone dare offer a view the differs from the progressive.

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