I don’t think the intention was to run an anti-abortion tract in the Washington Post this morning, but I think this serves pro-life purposes in the end.

My favorite paragraph though may be:

Jane wanted to safeguard Emma’s pregnancy but was feeling some ethical qualms. “It’s killing me that we’re going to do this,” Jane said. “I never thought I would feel that. I’m the most pro-choice person. I’m vehemently pro-choice.”

Yes, there is killing, as it happens…

But then another mother says:

“It’s a very hard procedure, because the baby is moving, and you are chasing it. That is what is very emotional — when the baby is moving and you are chasing it.

When she follows up with “the finished product” though, I think you’re empathy winds up being more with the “selectively reduced” and the living finished products.

I don’t mean to downplay the pain and anguish of parents who are faced with such a heartbreaking choice — and it’s not like anyone’s trying to avoid going to Costco in the Post piece. But the more we collectively think through these issues — and hear the realities (like the “chasing”!) — the harder it is to not deal with the culture of death in our midst.