I would agree that there's a huge difference between 15 kids over 20 years and 14 kids in 7 years, 8 all at once and with likely health issues.
One of the reasons large numbers of embryos don't normally take is that they're being implanted in women who have fertility issues. This is clearly not the case for this woman, and I have to assume that a doctor, even if she lied, would be able to tell she had given birth before.
I do place a lot of blame on irresponsible doctors here, but I also think that the mother is not being responsible towards her existing kids. Not because she's single - that and her financial state are only relevant because they will make the logistics more difficult. Yes, there are lots of great single-parent families, but having more people to help does make things easier. Again, I'd feel differently if she had a 16-year-old and a 14-year-old eager to help. But in her current situation, it's simply difficult for me to imagine how each of her kids, let alone the newborns, will receive an appropriate amount of care and attention. I'm worried about the 3-year-old and the 2-year-old twins, who all ought to be getting a lot of individual stimulation.
Absolutely, she has autonomy. Mostly, I think that what she doesn't deserve is the positive attention and celebration often showered on parents of large amounts of multiples - the reality shows and free diapers and so forth.
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One of the reasons large numbers of embryos don't normally take is that they're being implanted in women who have fertility issues. This is clearly not the case for this woman, and I have to assume that a doctor, even if she lied, would be able to tell she had given birth before.
I do place a lot of blame on irresponsible doctors here, but I also think that the mother is not being responsible towards her existing kids. Not because she's single - that and her financial state are only relevant because they will make the logistics more difficult. Yes, there are lots of great single-parent families, but having more people to help does make things easier. Again, I'd feel differently if she had a 16-year-old and a 14-year-old eager to help.
But in her current situation, it's simply difficult for me to imagine how each of her kids, let alone the newborns, will receive an appropriate amount of care and attention. I'm worried about the 3-year-old and the 2-year-old twins, who all ought to be getting a lot of individual stimulation.
Absolutely, she has autonomy. Mostly, I think that what she doesn't deserve is the positive attention and celebration often showered on parents of large amounts of multiples - the reality shows and free diapers and so forth.