Sorry so many people responding are being so condescending . I think that ' s a legitimate question . Personally I ' ve never heard of this actually happening but considering the barbaric nature of many abortion methods scissors to the skull , suction aspiration , etc and recent findings about a fetus ' ability to feel pain , I would say I would be against it . I would consider that to be animal cruelty . At the same time , I am not against killing of animals in humane ways and so I would say the best option for puppies that would be doomed to starvationneglect would be to let them be born naturally and put the them down afterward . At least that ' s my conclusion from about 2 minutes of reflection shrug <| sep |> Scientific cat videos of course .