Failed Abortions - Twins

PLEASE NOTE: This article is neither Pro-Choice nor Pro-Life. It is NOT about that. It's merely an article about something I read and found unusual and interesting.

I came upon a web site today while searching for something else. The odd title drew my immediate attention: Twins--one aborted, one survives! I read the article and learned about some tragic cases of failed abortions.

Almost 40 years ago, a young mother decided to have an abortion. The physician performed a D & C (Dilation and curettage) which involved using a sharp instrument to remove the contents of the uterus; a procedure that was commonly used for abortions then.

No one, not even the physician, knew the young mother was pregnant with twins. Several weeks later the woman was shocked when she felt a baby kicking inside her. She'd had other children and was very familiar with the feeling of a baby moving inside her womb. She knew without a doubt that she was still pregnant and returned to the doctor who had performed the abortion and informed him that she had made a huge mistake. She was still pregnant, but now she wanted to keep this baby.

A few months later she gave birth to a baby girl. The joy of the birth was overshadowed by the fact that a tiny twin brother had been aborted months earlier. There had been two perfect babies once, and now the lost twin boy was gone forever. The surviving twin girl had many physical handicaps caused by her near-abortion. She required orthopedic surgeries on her tiny hips and legs at birth and will continue to need surgeries every five years for the rest of her life.

The mother has been deeply traumatized forever and greatly regrets having had the abortion. She has suffered extreme remorse and nearly unbearable pain throughout the years. Both mother and the surviving twin daughter have used the unfortunate situation to warn others of the possibility of failed abortions.