Meet the women who won't have babies - because they're not eco
friendly
By NATASHA COURTENAY-SMITH and MORAG TURNER - More by this author >>
Last updated at 22:05pm on 21st November 2007

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Had Toni Vernelli gone ahead with her pregnancy ten years ago, she
would
know at first hand what it is like to cradle her own baby, to have a
pair
of innocent eyes gazing up at her with unconditional love, to feel a
little hand slipping into hers - and a voice calling her Mummy.


But the very thought makes her shudder with horror.

Because when Toni terminated her pregnancy, she did so in the firm
belief
she was helping to save the planet.

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Desperate measures: Toni Vernelli was steralised at age 27 to reduce
her
carbon footprint


Incredibly, so determined was she that the terrible "mistake" of
pregnancy should never happen again, that she begged the doctor who
performed the abortion to sterilise her at the same time.


He refused, but Toni - who works for an environmental charity -
"relentlessly hunted down a doctor who would perform the irreversible
surgery.


Finally, eight years ago, Toni got her way.

At the age of 27 this young woman at the height of her reproductive
years
was sterilised to "protect the planet".

Incredibly, instead of mourning the loss of a family that never was,
her
boyfriend (now husband) presented her with a congratulations card.


While some might think it strange to celebrate the reversal of nature
and
denial of motherhood, Toni relishes her decision with an almost
religious
zeal.


"Having children is selfish. It's all about maintaining your genetic
line
at the expense of the planet," says Toni, 35.

"Every person who is born uses more food, more water, more land, more
fossil fuels, more trees and produces more rubbish, more pollution,
more
greenhouse gases, and adds to the problem of over-population."

While most parents view their children as the ultimate miracle of
nature,
Toni seems to see them as a sinister threat to the future.

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