worth keeping, then there has to be more to it than the mere fact that it's a tradition, doesn't there? It must have something to recommend it other than familiarity. So why not cut straight to that, and say that if certain things are obligatory or forbidden, they are so irrespective of the culture or history? In other words, why not ask questions, and test the boundaries? Jesus questioned and overturned a few rules as well, after all. Utenlandsnordmann Nope, it was my first reaction too. And then I see the comments from mad men and women who mostly remind me of religious fanatics screaming KILL THE INFIDELS. The comments from various posters on this article are deeply disturbing. Chris Osowski The arguments presented, in fact, are largely not new and have been presented repeatedly in the academic literature and public fora by the most eminent philosophers and bioethicists in the world Ok Julian it's a shame that opponents of the article in question stoop to such a hateful remarks What defies logic though is the idea that polite argument in support of murder is OK but angry rhetoric should be disallowed.. You seem more worried that people were horrified by the lunatic arguments of the Authors than the arguments themselves which are actually far more dangerous. What always amazes me is the utterly schizophrenic position we take regarding the child in the womb...it's not alive it only has the POTENTIAL FOR LIFE? Meanwhile, if a pregnant Mum gets based