Friday, November 23, 2007

Abortion is Eco-Friendly?   [Mark Hemingway]

From the Daily Mail:

Meet the women who won't have babies - because they're not eco friendly

Had with her pregnancy ten years ago, she would know at first hand what it is like to cradle her own baby, to have a pair of innocent eyes gazing up at her with unconditional love, to feel a little hand slipping into hers - and a voice calling her Mummy.

But the very thought makes her shudder with horror.

Because when Toni terminated her pregnancy, she did so in the firm belief she was helping to save the planet.

Incredibly, so determined was she that the terrible "mistake" of pregnancy should never happen again, that she begged the doctor who performed the abortion to sterilise her at the same time.

He refused, but Toni - who works for an environmental charity - "relentlessly hunted down a doctor who would perform the irreversible surgery.

Finally, eight years ago, Toni got her way.

At the age of 27 this young woman at the height of her reproductive years was sterilised to "protect the planet".

I don't want to steal his thunder because I anxiously await his bon mots as much as anyone around here, but even money says this article pops up in one of Steyn's next few columns.

UPDATE: K-Lo beat me to this story.

11/23 12:17 PMShare