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Why We Should Ignore The "Octomom", Kimberly D. Krawiec
Why We Should Ignore The "Octomom", Kimberly D. Krawiec
NULR Online
Few familiar with the story of Nadya Suleman—a single, low-income, California mother of six who recently gave birth to octuplets conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF)—do not instinctively react with outrage. Fourteen children (or even one) are a daunting number under the best of conditions, and the conditions surrounding the Suleman births are far from ideal. Yet, as the old saying goes, “hard facts make bad law,” and Suleman, dubbed “the Octomom” by the media, exemplifies the truth of this adage.
Suleman’s hard facts have led not only to bad regulatory reform proposals, but also to public fury and social …
Who Decides What Number Of Children Is "Right"?, June Carbone
Who Decides What Number Of Children Is "Right"?, June Carbone
NULR Online
I agree with Professors Cahn and Collins that “eight is enough.” I am perhaps more skeptical than they are about assisting Nadya Suleman, a mother who already has six children, to have more. I wonder whose funds financed fertility treatments for a single, unemployed mom on disability benefits, and, perhaps even more critically, who will fund the children’s ongoing care. I am certainly concerned about the dubious ethical standards of the doctor who provided the reproductive care. But I also have serious reservations about anyone choosing to impose my views—or those of others—on the country as a whole.
I therefore …
Eight Is Enough, Naomi R. Cahn, Jennifer R. Collins