Monday, February 16, 2009

Sextuplets + Eight?


Please spare me.  Some woman who had six kids just gave birth to eight more. These women need mental health assistance, not fertility assistance. Heather Mac Donald posted a nice idea. I'm for it. Here's the money quote...
...the backlash against Nadya Suleman, the mother of six artificially-conceived children who gave birth to another eight two weeks ago continues. The nine-week premature octoplet’s delivery required 46 doctors, nurses, and assistants; in twelve days, their care has likely cost at least $300,000 and counting. Here’s a possible rule of thumb: If you are a radical pro-lifer and believe that every artificially-conceived embryo must be brought to term, no fertility treatments for you unless you are prepared to bankroll all the resulting medical costs yourself. Either accept your God-given condition of infertility or accept a human condition on the man-made science for overcoming that infertility: use within reason.

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