Nurse Gerta has worked for the same physician, a gynecologist, for many years. This man is a patriotic Nazi and when the orders are given concerning Aktion T-4, he believes it is his duty to comply. Gerta is not sure and expresses hesitation with what she believes to be an invasion of the patient’s rights. In order to get Gerta to go along in helping him sterilize the disabled patients in their practice, which line of reasoning would the physician MOST likely use?

A.
If we do not sterilize these ones, they will later be euthanized in the concentration camps.

B.
These people eat food that could go to healthy Germans, but they contribute little to society.

C.
To have a healthy Germany, we must make sure that these disabilities are not passed on.

D.
These people have done something to anger God for them to be disabled in this way.