Posted on 12/13/2010 7:49:43 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Like so many other couples these days, the Toronto-area business executive and her husband put off having children for years as they built successful careers. Both parents were in their 40s — and their first son just over a year old — when this spring the woman became pregnant a second time. Seven weeks in, an ultrasound revealed the Burlington, Ont., resident was carrying twins. “It came as a complete shock,” said the mother, who asked not to be named. “We’re both career people. If we were going to have three children two years apart, someone else was going to be raising our kids. ... All of a sudden our lives as we know them and as we like to lead them, are not going to happen.”
She soon discovered another option: Doctors could “reduce” the pregnancy from twins to a singleton through a little-known procedure that eliminates selected fetuses — and has become increasingly common in the past two decades amid a boom in the number of multiple pregnancies.
Selective reductions are typically carried out for women pregnant with triplets or greater, where the risk of harm or death climbs sharply with each additional fetus. The Ontario couple is part of what some experts say is a growing demand for reducing twins to one, fuelled more by socio-economic imperatives than medical need, and raising vexing new ethical questions.
Experts question whether parents should choose to terminate a fetus just because of the impact the child would have on their lives, and note that even more medically necessary reductions can trigger lifelong angst and even threaten marriages.
The mother said the Toronto doctor who eventually did her reduction performs several a month.
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I’m speechless. A “reduction”?
Monsters. What will their child think when he/she grows up and realizes that Mom and Dad could have killed “it” if the wind had been blowing in a different direction.
The other youngin’ knows.
Why not just wait until the kids are 3 or 4 years old, and eliminate the one twin who is not as smart or as pretty?
Seems that’s where the World is heading.
“All of a sudden our lives as we know them and as we like to lead them, are not going to happen.”
Selfish scum. This is “choice”.
reduction through murder.
wow.
cold.
Sarah committed the unforgivable crime when she loved her child. They cannot forgive and they cannot forget. It eats at them.
Perhaps "Society" would be enhanced by the "Selective Reduction" of the two "Adults" instead???
So now abortion is called reduction. This woman won’t reveal her name because she knows her behavior is despicable.
Pray for the unborn.
So now abortion is called reduction. This woman won’t reveal her name because she knows her behavior is despicable.
Pray for the unborn.
Im a twin. My sister is three minutes older, don’t bother me none I was sitting on her face for 9 months
There is no word for this kind of evil.
and there is such demand for adopting children!
Animals treat their offsprings better!
You are absolutely right.
They will never forgive her for having Trig. That is what underlies EVERYTHING for those who hate her.
My daughter was a twin, but I lost her brother/sister in my 3rd month of pregnancy. This was a natural “reduction”... and I will never forget how horrified I was at losing my child, but when I went to emergency they found I had another still there! Joy!
"I’m absolutely sure I did the right thing,” she said. “I had read some online forums, people were speaking of grieving, feeling a sense of loss. I didn’t feel any of that. Not that I’m a cruel, bitter person ... I just didn’t feel I would be able to care for (twins) in a way that I wanted to."So evil, it's hard to fathom. It's all about her, her, her. Twins have a very close connection with one another, and this twin might very well know something or someone is missing. Jesus, please come soon. The world has gone almost completely mad.
As a woman who struggled with infertility for 11 years and then was blessed to adopt two beautiful daughters, this woman literally makes me want to vomit!
What a disgusting excuse for a human being.
By the time the child grows into an adult, the knowledge won’t surprise them. S/He will already realize how important they weren’t to their parents.
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