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Originally Posted by nittanyalum
I get the anger and distaste about her appearing to want to "cash in" in a sense now after this birth (though most others before her have done just that -- the only other family to have live octuplets were GIVEN a HOUSE -- remember that?).
Where I get a little uncomfortable is getting into the argument about whether she "can" or "should" have the children. If I support a woman's choice not to have a child she doesn't want, how can I not support a woman's choice who does want to have children?
I'm not saying I'd support someone who was having kids to sell them off or who gave them up for adoption or who got pregnant repeatedly just to have abortions. But this is a woman who has a college degree, already has 6 children including a set of multiples, and by all reports, those children are happy and healthy. So who would have the right to tell this woman she "can't" have more children? The fact that every embryo "took", or that the several embryos implanted may have multiplied (which I read in another article), was unexpected and yes, a risk she took. But she chose to keep what she thought at the time were her seven children. Can't that also be argued that she took responsibility for the decisions she made? She's always wanted kids, she took steps to make sure she could have kids, she likes having kids, she's raised 6 kids successfully so far --- will 8 possibly drive her insane? Sure, who knows, but people who have never had kids do it with six right off the bat, at least she has some older kids already that can help and it won't all be brand new to her.
I guess I'm just a little taken aback at the extreme outrage some people are showing and I'm not sure why it's all our business in the first place. Didn't the media initially break this story? I don't remember hearing about her trying to get press or anything when she was pregnant with 7 and already had 6 at home. Unless a woman has a history of abuse or is cheating the social services system or something, to me, this boils down to another variation of supporting a woman's choice, IMO. I wish her and ALL those kids the best. It exhausts me just to think about it.
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I don't think if whether she can or should have the children, it's the question of her mental state and the ability of whther or not she by herself can raise them all...this very easily can turn into a Susan Smith or Andrea Yates type situation. Post partum depression? Possible.
It's as some have already said. Some have already stated that even with a job and spouse to help with it all it's a bit of a struggle to raise just one or two. So why on God's green earth would you spend the money that she had with no stability whatsoever that we know of to have enough kids to supply a basketball team including a deep bench? Plus let's add that she is still in her 30's, so who it to stop her from having even more?
Yes, there are no stories of abuse...yet, because we know so little about her but it's just stunning how much MORE info gets dropped almost daily and we, the public just wonder how deep this rabbit hole is going. No abuse but child endangerment? Yeah...possible....she is just one...who is to say while she is bathing one (or 2) something doesn't happen to one of the other dozen? This is not to wish anything bad upon her, but it's just unfathomable to see Mother Hubbard successfully raising these kids. Furthermore, as I asked earlier, how does she plan on earning an income? Heck even if she got a 2 million dollar deal from any network foolish enough to give her a deal, that HAS to get swallowed up by child care and doctor bills.
Not to mention, what kind of example is this setting for her kids as they get older?
So many questions....soooooo many questions.
I'm getting exhausted too trying to figure this out.
Bottom line is, when you can barely take care of yourself, why would you deliberately dig a hole like this?
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Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam
She'd be cheating if she was an expert at getting pregnant.
However, I've never seen or heard of a penis having anything to do with pushing a baby out of a woman's body.
Actually - once. That man who was pregnant in Hawaii.
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So wrong...LOL
And she doesn't count...that was NOT a man....heh
...and if I remember correctly...she hasn't had her penis built...yet