by Jonathon Van Maren<\/p>\n
While no one generally accuses Heather Mallick of anything resembling nuance, her most recent screed<\/a>, which rails against Member of Parliament Mark Warawa\u2019s recent motion<\/a> to condemn sex-selective abortion targeting females, is particularly revealing and mean-spirited.<\/p>\n She first scoffs at the idea that Motion 408, which asks that \u201cthe House condemn discrimination against females occurring through sex-selective pregnancy termination.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s as though Conservatives think grown women and cell clumps are members of the same voting bloc,\u201d she writes with scientifically illiterate annoyance, \u201cas though they have the same interests, and the same IQ.\u201d A revealing statement\u2014besides Ms. Mallick\u2019s lack of knowledge\u2014or at least acknowledgement\u2014of embryology<\/a>, her argument seems to be that since \u201cbaby women\u201d are not members of the same voting bloc (in that they can\u2019t vote) or have the same interests (\u201cliving\u201d would probably be among them), these female fetuses obviously do not have her IQ.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Does one\u2019s IQ dictate one\u2019s value? According to Ms. Mallick, yes it does. She goes on to say that Britain\u2019s current health minister, Jeremy Hunt, wants to restrict abortion to twelve weeks. This constitutes a grave problem–according to Mallick: \u201cThe tests for conditions like Down syndrome cannot be done before 12 weeks. Women will be rushed into abortions, or miss the deadline, or get a back-street abortion or give birth to a severely damaged child neither they nor their partner were warned about.\u201d<\/p>\n