A column in an Australian paper about two women who gave birth to their babies despite the strong medical "advice" not to.

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"I even remember him reminding me that I was not being fair to my other larger twin if I did not allow him to kill the smaller one. This was because I was already at risk of premature birth."

Mary says she’s sure the doctor thought he was being professional and he was right to tell her her options.

"I’m university educated and am a pretty strong woman with a good marriage – so together, my husband and I found the strength (although it wasn’t easy at the time in an emotional state) to resist the doctor’s recommendations and stall for time…

"How do single women, or women intimidated by the medical profession, or emotionally fragile women, or women with poor family support resist the eagerness that some in the medical profession have to solve what they simply see as a `problem’?"

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