Infanticide... yea or nay?

In class, we read a biting satire by Jonathan Swift. "A Modest Proposal" was published in 1729, as a pamphlet describing a solution to Ireland's poverty... the solution was to take the poor people's children and eat them, or skin them alive to make shoes and gloves. In his pamphlet, however, Swift did propose serious solutions such as incorporating women into the work force, only purchasing products manufactured in Ireland, and taxing absentees at five shillings a pound.

Reading Swift's pamphlet brought us to Peter Singer's philosophy's. Singer is said to be the Swift of today. Singer argues for Infanticide (the allowance of parents to kill their children before it reaches a year old). I feel that Singer has a valid point; if a child has some sort of disability, then it is a given the the child's life will be so much more difficult. We have no trouble putting sick animals down... so why do we make humans suffer for approximately 75 years? I, personally, would never be able to kill a child... but I do think Singer makes a good argument.