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Originally posted by mlowsley
reply to post by spinkyboo
There is a great deal about this story that just does not make sense.
Seriously.
None of this makes any real sense unless there has been massive fraud during this entire fiasco.
My personal fraud meter is going off the scale.
Originally posted by asmeone2
The intersting thing, here you have some people that say one cannot abort because the she can abort because it is her body, but in this case they are also saying she does not have the right to conceive again with her own body.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
I don't know what reputable doctor would implant 8 babies in a single woman who already has six kids. Many of those children could have died before birth. Each death would have been a tragedy.
To the doctor that is encouraging this womans' mental health issue by implanting multiple births. He/she should be investigated by the medical profession.
Originally posted by Swatman
this is the typical liberal california answer that i come to shake my head at everytime i read it. sir, please take some money out of your bank account and send it to this nut case woman, because i refuse to pay for her and her addiction.
Originally posted by asmeone2
I hope this case will bring to light "baby addictions." I have always thought that this is a quantifiable psyciatric disorder, and one that should definitely be addressed even though it hitherto hasn't been PC.
Originally posted by LostNemesis
reply to post by marg6043
Ya know what, I agree with you.
I am starting to feel completely under the belief that somebody needs to have their business/medical license revoked over this one.
No wonder they wouldn't comment to the media.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
Originally posted by asmeone2
I hope this case will bring to light "baby addictions." I have always thought that this is a quantifiable psyciatric disorder, and one that should definitely be addressed even though it hitherto hasn't been PC.
I agree with that concept that it is a mental disorder for some of these women. Perhaps along the lines of narcissism or Munchhausen's syndrome by proxy.
I do understand that those raised in a certain religious environments have a strong social pressure that may lead them to have more children than perhaps they would have liked. I think that is a shame as well, but for different reasons. And those from the days before birth control was widely available and highly effective are another story. So we cannot lump them all together and I know you didnt mean it that way, but I thought I would add that as a disclaimer.
Originally posted by Averysmallfoxx
reply to post by asmeone2
I think more or less your throwing love out there as a variable that you can determine by effort or income or something in that sense. Are you saying that hardworking lowerclass families whom cannot regularly pay ALL their bills on time dont love their children? Bear in mind also that the method used for impregnation generally uses more embryos due to the LACK of success in most cases so they number is higher because the success rate is lower, she didnt intend to have a whopping 8 I am sure, she isn't crazy, read up on her educational background and such. Its just that she got pregnant and what is she suppose to do? kill them off?
Originally posted by Averysmallfoxx
Why on earth would a MORAL decision of the mother in question be something a doctor should be able to supersede? Why would this Dr. be in trouble for doing what his patient asked? Its ultimately her choice to do with her body what she will INCLUDING becoming pregnant. Being a doctor is not being a moral authority and no amount of opinion will change that.