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Originally Posted by OTW
The Duggars = super-Christian conservative family from Arkansas with 18 kids, all whose names start with J.
The Gosselins = Jon & Kate Plus 8, from Central Pennsylvania and only have 8 kids (a set of twins, and a set of sextuplets). Mom is Caucasian, Dad is Caucasian/Korean.
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I enjoyed this gigantic family overview.
I think people have questioned the Duggars a lot, but I agree there's a fundamental difference in people who have their kids naturally and provide for them and people who have fertility assistance and then have no resources to provide for the kids.
I'm sure we'd question a single mother with no income other than disability who had 14 kids over 14 years too, but the fact that some medical facility helped her get pregnant to have that many kids makes us wonder even more about how stuff should be done.
A lot of what I wonder about isn't really related to Octo because I just assume she's nuts; what I wonder is how the theoretically sane medical staff would ethically decide to help her have that many kids that she couldn't take care of. I know they've claimed she may have misrepresented her circumstances, but if we have standards for parents to clear for adoption and foster care, why would we have absolutely no standards for IVF when the mom already has six kids?
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