Which is why I play Half-Life 2; the Combine are not humans any more.
While I'm sure your comment was (partially) in jest, I'd like to inquire about your opinions on humans who are in a permanent vegetative state or who lack higher brain functions. I suppose what I'm really asking is "How do you define human?"
I'm not really sure what to think of this to be honest. On the one hand it's detestable thing that a parent can just abandon their child on a hospital doorstep and not face prosecution. On the other hand, perhaps they're doing it for a good reason. I mean, I doubt all of them are. In cases like these [http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2008/9/17/toddler_found_in_house_of_filth.html](Old article, one I read a while back) I'd much rather the parent abandon their child as it'll get a better life out of foster care.
That said, I really think we should start making parents take compulsory courses/tests if they want to have kids. As the politicians are always saying
"Children are our future!".
*tangent* Oh, and perhaps we could teach sex education which doesn't consist entirely of Abistinence. Sometimes I wonder if the people setting curriculums forget the teenagers want to have sex. A lot. Somehow I've always been under the impression telling them not to won't really do much. */tangent*