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