Sorcha, thank you for the above. I reacted very strongly to the news item tonight and upon further consideration I thought maybe all the rage was a result of my projecting (so to speak) my own feelings about being childless. I actually am believer in karma/predestination, etc. I would not have made a good parent...I'm too much a child. At any rate, I'm having a difficult time with this. I'm having a difficult time making sense of what I saw on that web site. I have and will always believe that the decision must lie with the mother and her "Higher Power". I have made a great effort to keep religion out of this, in spite of the fact that I have very strong feelings there as well. But my only point of reference for PBA is what I saw on that web site. It is insanity to me. Also, I can only speak for myself, but I have been choosing my words carefully in this thread. Tip-toeing. I knew this had the potential to cause a big stink. But as it turns out, using caution and descretion when selecting words is a good thing.