Couple let public decide on whether they abort unborn child

A married couple have sparked outrage by setting up a website to let the public vote on whether they should have an abortion.

Pete and Alisha Arnold, both 30, launched www.birthornot.com because they are unsure if they want to be parents. They launched the X Factor-style vote so the public can ”make a difference in the real world”.



The couple, of Minneapolis, USA, are uploading regular scan images of the foetus, which is a perfectly-healthy boy they have nicknamed ‘Wiggles’.

Alisha is now 17 weeks pregnant and web users have until December 7 to cast their vote – just two days before the 20-week cut-off line for a state-legal abortion. The latest results shows a fairly split opinion.