And then there was one?

I've posted a link to a similar article before, but this one is making the rounds right now.  Even though I knew this existed, it still strikes me as hard to believe.

"What is it about terminating half a twin pregnancy that seems more controversial than reducing triplets to twins or aborting a single fetus? After all, the math’s the same either way: one fewer fetus. Perhaps it’s because twin reduction (unlike abortion) involves selecting one fetus over another, when either one is equally wanted. Perhaps it’s our culture’s idealized notion of twins as lifelong soul mates, two halves of one whole. Or perhaps it’s because the desire for more choices conflicts with our discomfort about meddling with ever more aspects of reproduction."

Maybe it is one of those reasons.  Or maybe, just maybe, it is because you are killing your own child, and the one who survives is a constant vivid reminder of what you did.

Go to the New York Times, and read all the ways that people will justify killing their own children, even those they put so much effort, time, and money into conceiving.

And then pray for the country that would allow this to happen, and call it a "woman's right to choose."