Babies Aren't Eco-Friendly" Anymore?

My husband and I recently read this incredibly sad and disturbing article from the Daily Mail, November 21, 2007, and I've been mulling it over for several days now. Here are some of the "highlights" of the article:

Had Toni Vernelli gone ahead 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...

While some might think it strange to celebrate the reversal of nature and denial of motherhood, Toni relishes her decision with an almost religious zeal.

"Having children is selfish. It's all about maintaining your genetic line at the expense of the planet," says Toni, 35.

"Every person who is born uses more food, more water, more land, more fossil fuels, more trees and produces more rubbish, more pollution, more greenhouse gases, and adds to the problem of over-population."

To read the whole article, click here.

I read this article with my mouth hanging open, unable to believe the deception that these women and their partners have bought into. To believe that saving the world at any cost is an honorable and worthy pursuit, even at the cost of killing your own child, is deception indeed.

If we are not re-evaluating our current lifestyles and seeking to be more ecologically friendly for the hope of a future generation, then why do it at all? What good are clean and pure ocean waters without someone to swim, fish or sail in them? Of what value is it to renew the soil we have stripped through poor farming practices and begin to once again grow nutrient-dense and pesticide free produce, if there is no one to eat it?