When One (baby) Is Enough (ultimate in cold selfishness)

nytimes ^ | July 18, 2004 | AMY RICHARDS as told to AMY BARRETT

[A.J.Armitage]

He'll also know that if she were slightly less convenience-mad, she would have only "selectively eliminated" one, which would probably have been him.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Wow!!! Oh, Amy, I am SOOOOO IMPRESSED with you!!!! < /sarcasm>

[Ohioan from Florida]

Good point!

[tuesday afternoon]

There was a part of me that was sure I could work around that. But it was a matter of, Do I want to?

Unbelieveable.

[I-53]

This is beyond the beyond. Her terminology. OMG. She refers to the non-twin as a "stand-alone." OMG. Sorry, this is just too much to handle, that anyone could be that cold-hearted and proud of it.

[I-53]

She gave up twins for THAT mindless resume'? WHY???

[Ohioan from Florida]

Why would you purposefully create three babies when you only want one?

Yeah, God, why did you create three? Oh, because three was what You wanted!

[I-53]

Want to energize the pro-life constituency to vote in this election? Ladies and gentlemen: start your copiers!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

What should be offensive to this man is that two of his children are being murdered.

Maybe I read it wrong, but it sounded to me like he wanted all three babies, and tried to get his girlfriend to consider having all of them.

Once someone has agreed to the murder of his child, his presence at the slaughter is irrelevant.

What could he do about it? Honestly - what? It's not that I don't find flaw with him in some ways, but how could he stop her from doing this?

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

My immediate response was, I cannot have triplets. I was not married; I lived in a five-story walk-up in the East Village; I worked freelance; and I would have to go on bed rest in March. I lecture at colleges, and my biggest months are March and April. I would have to give up my main income for the rest of the year

So my question is Did she get fixed so she couldn't murder anymore children for her convenience?

Ill bet not !

[Trailerpark Badass]

If that's "reason" to you, you're insane.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Her terminology. OMG.

That got me, too. "Can you get rid of...?" Horrible.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Like another poster suggested earlier, it seems that this baby was to be an accessory to her wardrobe. The other two were over-accessorizing, and God forbid, she can't have that! Wait till she finds out that she's not in perfect control of her life as she'd like to be. Oh, wait, she's found that out already, and told God off. I'd hate to be in her shoes in the days ahead. One day she'll learn, to her chagrin, that you can't always get what you want!!

[conservative cat]

I am almost speechless. People wonder who could have supported the Nazis. Easy, it's people like her.

[I-53]

This is the mind of pro-choice America.

[I-53]

Yes, perhaps this prominent feminist could become a powerful voice for life if she allows herself to realize what she has done. It's happened before.

[primeval patriot]

Very disturbing.

[fortunecookie]

Selfish, murderous b1tch.

I thought that was all I could have to say, but no, I can't stop there. She completely disregarded the children's father in the decision. He seemed to think all 3 were people deserving life. No wonder they sent him out of the room. She completely disregarded that she was priveleged to (potentially) be mother to 3 unique people. How could she hear the 3 heartbeats and then go on to decide which ones to kill and which to allow to live? How callously she explains her choices.

What will her son think when he is old enough to read this? Will his mind be as poisoned as hers?

[calenel]

Recall the false propaganda applied to our military by the libs: baby killer! Who are the real baby killers? 45 million and counting. What a cold hearted murderous evil person.

[bourbon]

This article is just HORRIBLE.

I'm only surprised that the same thing didn't happen on an episode of Sex and the City.

After all, the characters on that show are equally as dedicated to their beloved Manhattan lifestyles as this woman is.

(The immoral mythological power of that show can scarcely be underestimated).