Friday, December 17, 2010

When is twins too many? Shocking story of murderous selections:

When is twins too many?

“When do children become a commodity?” asks Lynda Haddon, counsellor with Multiple Births Canada, about parents choosing selective reduction.

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.
Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/When+twins+many/3960709/story.html#ixzz18PXr...