The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-10

To the Editor OF the Times:
What right have We or any one TO
live. II II Is not equally the right OF
every one?
what right have We or any one TO
kill another. which 10 not equally the
II expediency 10 TO be made an ex-
cuse for killing. where is the limit
Most any Intelligent person can ind
more now enjoying life. who have In
the past been condemned to death by
the nat OF some physician. There
must be millions OF such cases.
that these should all have been killed
and so put out OF their misery. be-
cause the doctors said there was no
longer hope, II not all OF them. then
> Very distinctly. the doctors don't
soiptslv sure Their -ro-called science
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What death IL. nor what the - -
equation In tharlics between.
Even assuming that they are al
ways honest-and who does not know
that they are not always so-thcy
are not qualified TO hold the issue a
life and death in any single instance.
Then the question is. do We believe
in infantlcide7 And IL so. why? And
DO not civilization and humanity
and intelligence and christianity
stand for life, rather than death?
tunste. IL there any place TO stop?
Might II not include us sll7
What we would do or what you
would do ~. purely sentimental.
The babies have right TO chance
MOTHER AND A FATHER,
Bellevue. Mich. March !. 1915.
To the Editor OF The Times:
In Rnawer To the editorial in The
] have this to say: We must remem-
Der that there are some doctors who
are INSCRIPTIONS and who would al
low some normal babies to die. Also
remedy the deformity or the child
might outgrow II and another useful
human being might be added TO the
world Is II not true that all physi-
clans are not equally skilful ana
some doctors might be able TO cure
deformity which others could not.
Is II possible to love a child born
with n disease for which neither par
be born In this way. what Is the use
OF euEenicsT MOTHER
Detroit. March 6. 1915.
To the Editor OF The Times:
You asked for expressions OF opin-
ions concerning the right and wrong
OF the question Of taking the life %
avoid the suffering to the individual
or the humiliation 10 the friends.
which actually exists or which In tho
opinion OF the physician will exist
u the child Ia born.
am "A physician and perhaps you
do not want the opinions OF physi-
clans. III not. burn this. But I am
only country doctor and perhaps
my opinion Will not be considered so
a. though IL came from the shining
lights" l am not Catholic, but l
am sorry that more non Catholics do
not come more nearly sharing Cath
Ollie opinion along this line. DO not
wilfully take a life. either before or
after birth except in case where In
the honest opinion Of more than one
physician, u Is necessary to save
however. that IL in their opinion al,
operation. which although dangerous
to life, offers hopes of relief from q
condition OF probable invalidinn or
mental incompetency. II In q proper
But the failure on the part Of law
makers to enact laws properly regu-
la ting marriage. IL no excuse for the
suitins from marriages Contracted
during such neglected regulation. or
course I realize that not all such
GASES are due to the marriage of
degsneratss or the UNIT. but the ma
laws were enacted II would be but
few years until our institutions for
housing degenerates ana imbeciles
would be almost empty.
E. H. rousr.
Ithaca, Mich. March q. 1913.