The slouch towards Gomorrah is complete...

We've already arrived...

Exhibit A: Daily Mail (Via Drudge) - Abortion Soars in Quest for Perfect Baby

Those with conditions that can usually be corrected medically - such as deformed feet and cleft lips and palates - are instead being terminated.

And the number of abortions of Down's syndrome babies now outstrips live births, despite the fact that those with the condition can live a long and fulfilling life. As screening techniques improve, the trend is likely to grow - horrifying pro-life campaigners.

'These figures are symptomatic of a eugenic trend of the consumerist society hell-bent on obliterating deformity - and at what cost to its own humanity? ' said ethicist Jacqueline Laing, of London Metropolitan University. 'We are obliterating the willingness of people to accept disability. Babies are required to fit a description of normality before they are allowed to be born.'

Disposable human life -- be perfect or die!

Exhibit B: New York Times - Friends, Friends With Benefits and the Benefits of the Local Mall

''I have my friends for my emotional needs, so I don't need that from the guy I'm having sex with,'' Melissa explained at the time, sounding very much like the ''Sex and the City'' character Samantha Jones. So why, now that the boy had ''broken up'' with her, was she feeling so depressed? ''It's really stupid, I know,'' she said, shaking her head. ''It's kind of ironic, isn't it? I try to set up a situation where I won't get hurt, and I still manage to get hurt.''[...]

Like other high-school girls I talked to, Melissa says she doesn't see why boys get to have ''all the fun,'' although during the few months we communicated, it was clear that Melissa's hookups rarely brought her joy. She complained often about being depressed, and her hookups, which she hoped would make her feel better, usually left her feeling worse. But a few days after a hookup, she would have forgotten that they tended to make her miserable, and would tell me excitedly about a new boy she was planning to meet. When that boy failed to show or called to say he was running an hour late, Melissa's spirits would sink -- again.

But when I asked Melissa whether she thought hookups worked equally well for girls and boys, she surprised me with her answer. ''It's equal,'' she said. ''Everyone is using each other. That's fair.''

If you read the whole article, you will find out what "hooking up" entails (and what's not included in the deal). It's a very one-sided system where the boys reap all the "benefits" and the girls don't get much in return except hurt and degradation. But they're not supposed to complain about that because they're "liberated", you see.

Is it just me, or has Brave New World become a reality?

(Both links are via Mark Shea, who used these articles to make the point that America and the West have nothing of value to offer the Islamic world. I don't agree with that at all. Can't we acknowledge that we have problems without all the moral equivalency?)