{"id":3920,"date":"2006-03-21T09:37:23","date_gmt":"2006-03-21T09:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/the-forbidden-analogy.html"},"modified":"2006-03-21T09:37:23","modified_gmt":"2006-03-21T09:37:23","slug":"the-forbidden-analogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/the-forbidden-analogy.html","title":{"rendered":"The forbidden analogy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wesley Smith notes that an Italian government official is in trouble for comparing the Dutch baby euthanasia policy to…well, you can guess.<\/a><\/p>\n

I mean, who could ever dream up that comparison? They’re nowhere near the same thing. Except for the doctors. And the disabled babies. And the killing part. Other than that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wesley Smith notes that an Italian government official is in trouble for comparing the Dutch baby euthanasia policy to…well, you can guess. I mean, who could ever dream up that comparison? They’re nowhere near the same thing. Except for the doctors. And the disabled babies. And the killing part. 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