The 24 fetus can't feel pain, according to the RCOG
So they are off again, justifying abortion on the grounds that the little person who has to die doesn't feel pain. That's like saying its OK to kill someone if you give them an anaesthetic first. That is a very strange moral outlook, that reminds me of the person who abuses drugs and says its OK because it "doesn't hurt anyone." Just because something is pain free doesnt make it a good idea.
Its very difficult, working with womb twin survivors, to think about abortion at all.
There may be not be pain for the fetus who dies, but when one twin ts taken and the other is left, there is great pain for the survivor.
A few quotes to play with:
I have come to accept my parents' decision to not have more children. However learning at age 14 about the termination of my twin made sense of some extreme phobias eg blood, knives and sharp things.
When a twin dies before birth, the sole survivor needs help and understanding. Womb twin survivors are the sole survivors of a twin or multiple pregnancy. This group, 1 in 10 of the population, includes survivors of a stillbirth, miscarriage, abortion and a "vanishing twin" pregnancy. It is a story of a twin bond broken by death, leaving a lonely survivor.
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