A couple chose to abort their baby (by D&E) at just under 20 weeks when the child was diagnosed with severe kidney disease. He would have needed a kidney transplant and dialysis. The woman says:
“We did not explicitly consider the potentially tremendous cost of pursuing aggressive treatment … but in retrospect those concerns were implicit in our decision-making”
Phoebe Day Danziger “A Peaceful Death” Slate FEB. 5 2014
Below: chart of how a D&E abortion is performed
