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Since the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade<\/em> in June, the abortion industry has been giving constant warnings of how the decision will destroy the country. The latest example is from long-time pro-abortion writer Jill Filipovic<\/a> for Bloomberg, lamenting that IVF and the fertility industry will be threatened due to the fall of Roe<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Filipovic begins by highlighting the angst-filled pregnancy journey of a woman named Elizabeth, who has a 16-month-old daughter and hopes to become a partner at her law firm. “[S]he\u2019d been looking forward to a relaxing summer,” Filipovic writes. “[F]amily beach trips, a vacation with her girlfriends, watching her daughter\u2019s budding personality take shape.”<\/p>\n

Instead, when Roe<\/em> fell, Elizabeth and her husband panicked and decided to try for another child now, as they worried IVF could soon become illegal. And, like many people who go through IVF, they had multiple embryos created \u2014 five, specifically \u2014 and did not plan to use all of them. \u201cWe have one precious daughter that we had through IVF,\u201d Elizabeth told Filipovic. \u201cWe don\u2019t want five more.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Creating babies to kill: The union of IVF and \u2018selective reduction\u2019<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Often, fertility clinics purposely implant numerous embryos into the mother’s uterus, not with the hope of having twins or triplets, but to give them the best chance of having a successful implantation. But when “too many” implant and the mother becomes pregnant with multiples, the response often isn’t one of excitement. Instead, many times, “selective reduction” is chosen \u2014 a euphemistic term for abortion. Filipovic wrote about a conversation on this topic between a fertility doctor, Dr. Nicole Ulrich, and her patient, Margaret.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing up to two to three [eggs] is going to increase your chance of getting pregnant,\u201d Ulrich tells her. But it would also increase her chances of getting pregnant with multiples: twins, triplets, or even quadruplets. Pregnancies of triplets or more can be dangerous for women and their fetuses alike, particularly if the woman is older or has health complications.<\/em><\/p>\n

Margaret\u2019s eyebrows arch, and she asks, \u201cIf more than one implants, what is the risk with the new law?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I tell people,\u201d Ulrich says, \u201ceven pre-decision with Roe, is if you get pregnant with multiples, your option is selective reduction\u201d\u2014a procedure that reduces the pregnancy down to twins or a single fetus.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIs that legal still?\u201d Margaret asks.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is, but not in Louisiana,\u201d Ulrich says.<\/em><\/p>\n

Margaret wrings her hands.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe would be able to find someone who will take care of you,\u201d Ulrich assures her. \u201cI just can\u2019t tell you it\u2019s this person at this facility. I could have a year or two ago, but right now, I can\u2019t.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Margaret goes quiet and rubs her fingers.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a lot to take in,\u201d she says.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ulrich then complains, \u201cIt may end up being a situation where a woman is essentially forced to carry a high-order pregnancy, a multiple pregnancy, despite the risk to her health and her concerns about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, no one is “forcing” a woman to seek out IVF in the first place. And the option to not<\/em> implant more embryos than a mother is willing to carry is never mentioned as an option, either.<\/p>\n

What the issue comes down to, as Ulrich and Filipovic both explain, is time and money: IVF isn’t always covered by insurance, and more conservative treatments could end in failure.<\/p>\n

But this line of thinking further commodifies children; rather than viewing these children as individual human beings who have their own inherent rights and dignity, they are seen as products people are owed. When a person spends so much time and money on creating something, they feel they are entitled to get the product they want, exactly as they want it.<\/p>\n

As Filipovic notes herself, there is no sign anywhere of a threat to the fertility industry. At worst, fertility doctors may no longer be allowed to liberally use abortion as a so-called “treatment” for their own irresponsible practices. The current practices of commodifying children and using abortion as a panacea for any potential problem should, and must, end.<\/p>\n

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