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Originally Posted by Nikki+2  In reference to if a mother get devote adequate time to 14 children- in this case no way. 6 young children and 8 newborns? Um, yeah right. Mindirose since you keep talking about your children do you think you could give them the kind of attention you want to and that they deserve and also properly take care of 8 newborns? It seems apparent that the money is isn't there in this case either. I've never heard of anyone getting paid for IVF.  Why would she get paid for it while so many other women have to pay a small fortune? |
If by some crazy reason I happened to naturally get pregnant for octuplets (I would not get IVF) then I would have to. There would be no question about it. I would never personally try to have 8 babies. I would absolutely love to have twins next though.
I've never heard of anyone getting paid for IVF either personally. I would think that people might if they are participating in a study of some sort. I think it is completely unethical for any doctor to implant that many babies, but I have many issues with IVF aside from that. I think this particular case is crazy. Mainly because there was so much effort put into her having multiples. I get defensive and do take it personally because of all of the insinuations that no one can care for more than "x amount" of children. I don't think that people have that right to determine how many children a person can care for. If people are not capable of caring for that many children at one time, I guess everyone is unfit as parents that sends their children to school or daycare since there are usually at least 15 and as many as 30 or so kids in one classroom being taken care of by one teacher, and sometimes a teachers aide. Sure they are just at school, but they are at school for more awake hours with their teachers than they are at home awake spending time with their own parents.
As far as people that live off of the state, I can agree to a certain extent, but I don't think you can have someone mandatorily (is that a word, lol) sterilized because you don't feel like paying for them to support their kids. I could understand having people sterilized for giving birth to baby after baby every 9 months thats addicted to crack that just ends up in the foster care system before I can see that.
This mother has gotten a ton of media attention. If she is really not caring properly for her children I am sure it will not go unnoticed. I am not defending this mothers actions, but I will not ever want to live in a country where the government can tell me how many times I am allowed to give birth and how many children I can raise.