MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, SWEDENOn Wednesday the opening speech was by Health and Social Affairs Minister Göran Hägglund at the Midwives Association's annual conference.
- If man were a utility creature, one who constantly calculated every little move, weighed it against other features solely based on how it serves a self, considering each neighbor based on what he can bring in benefits, then society would be in trouble, "said Göran Hägglund and continued.
- If she were a creature of each of these so-called useless spiritual, social and cultural values all the time would be taken apart to see what was the most logical and practical, then it does not matter how technologically advanced we were. We would not be much more than intelligent animals
- "There are values that are universal in all countries. Or rather, should be. In China, it has for many years been the system to eliminate fetuses that are known to be girls, preferring to have boys as children. That is nothing more than a mockery of the idea of equal value. We should be very careful to take a stand against this trend in Sweden," he said.
In his speech Göran Hägglund highlighted the importance of the midwives' important role as team leaders in a number of open parenting courses offered in maternal and child health centers. In addition, he highlighted the government's extra investment in developing countries, maternal health and reducing maternal mortality. SEK 100 million from the aid budget for 2009 is earmarked for accelerating the development. A large part of the speech however, was devoted by Hagglund to criticize gender-selective abortions and the commercial philosophy, or utilitarianism - that people are valued based on the benefits they bring to society - as Thursday's speaker, Professor Torbjorn Tännsjö will cover.
Hägglund grew up in the Pentecostal movement, but is now a member of the Church of Sweden. He is married and has two children.
Jacob Rudolfsson (translated: s. ljungholm)
jacob.rudolfsson @ varldenidag.se
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