<p>by<em> David Ayers</em></p>
<p>Ever heard of a “two-minus-one pregnancy?” Chances are you have not, unless you have read the<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/magazine/the-two-minus-one-pregnancy.html">recent article </a>by that title in the <em>New York Times Magazine</em>. This expression, which we may have to get used to, is one more “weasel term” in a long list of euphemisms invented by champions of “choice.” It refers to a rare but increasingly used “medical” procedure that some women want and some physicians provide—also known as a “twin reduction.” How does it work? <span class="post-teaser-more">&nbsp;<a href="http://heartsunitedforlife.com/?p=2458" title="Permanent Link: The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy: Abortion’s Slippery Slope" rel="bookmark">Read more...</a> <i>(744 words, estimated 2:59  mins reading time)</i></span></p>

<div class="post-teaser-block">This is a preview of <q>The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy: Abortion’s Slippery Slope</q>. <a href="http://heartsunitedforlife.com/?p=2458" title="Permanent Link: The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy: Abortion’s Slippery Slope" rel="bookmark">Read the full post (744 words, estimated 2:59  mins reading time)</a></div>{"id":2458,"date":"2013-08-18T07:51:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T11:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2013-08-18T07:52:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T11:52:26","slug":"the-two-minus-one-pregnancy-abortions-slippery-slope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=2458","title":{"rendered":"The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy: Abortion\u2019s Slippery Slope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by<em> David Ayers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ever heard of a \u201ctwo-minus-one pregnancy?\u201d Chances are you have not, unless you have read the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/08\/14\/magazine\/the-two-minus-one-pregnancy.html\">recent article\u00a0<\/a>by that title in the\u00a0<em>New York Times Magazine<\/em>. This expression, which we may have to get used to, is one more \u201cweasel term\u201d in a long list of euphemisms invented by champions of \u201cchoice.\u201d It refers to a rare but increasingly used \u201cmedical\u201d procedure that some women want and some physicians provide\u2014also known as a \u201ctwin reduction.\u201d How does it work? <span class=\"post-teaser-more\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=2458\" title=\"Permanent Link: The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy: Abortion\u2019s Slippery Slope\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read more...<\/a> <i>(744 words, estimated 2:59  mins reading time)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"post-teaser-block\">This is a preview of <q>The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy: Abortion\u2019s Slippery Slope<\/q>. <a href=\"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=2458\" title=\"Permanent Link: The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy: Abortion\u2019s Slippery Slope\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read the full post (744 words, estimated 2:59  mins reading time)<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy: Abortion\u2019s Slippery Slope","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy: Abortion\u2019s Slippery Slope - Hearts United For Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=2458\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy: Abortion\u2019s Slippery Slope - Hearts United For Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"by David Ayers Ever heard of a \u201ctwo-minus-one pregnancy?\u201d Chances are you have not, unless you have read therecent article\u00a0by that title in the\u00a0New York Times Magazine. 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