The meek shall inherit the earth

But if this keeps up, they’re not going to be any greens around for them to share it with:

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.

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…

“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.”

You know, the next logical step for a person so very concerned with saving the planet is to remove themselves from the carbon footprint generating picture. Somehow I rather doubt that Ms. Vernelli’s commitment goes quite so far, though. I mean, she’s selfless enough to abort her pregnancy, but even the most committed environmentalist has to draw the line somewhere.

Still, it makes you wonder: If a tree is felled in the rain forest, and there aren’t any greens left to hear about it, are we done reading these kinds of ridiculous stories?