Two out of the six Morrison sextuplets have died. In the case of the Morrison family (the sextuplets born in Minnesota), six eggs were fertilized after using the drug Follistim. (According to
the Morrison family website, the doctors said two mature and two immature/nonviable eggs would be released during that particular cycle, but later said that
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I do not think that a parent should be charged with a crime for refusing to selectively reduce.
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Similar in that two (or more) of the children would have died. And we don't know that the others would have stayed in-utero longer as we don't know why they were taken by section at 22 weeks.
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No, they should not be charged with a crime. How does that work? "We're going to prosecute you because you didn't kill some of your babies when we told you to?" Every parent has the right to decide which path to take in this situation. I'm fairly well sure that they knew they weer possibly risking the lives of some of the babies by trying to carry all of them to term, but they chose to give all of them a chance, rather than "play God" and selectively reduce. I have nothing but respect for them that they chose that route.
As others have pointed out, many other sets of higher order multiples have been born alive, healthy, and with little to no problems. They weighed the odds, and unfortunately, came out on the short end. That's not a crime, by any means. My heart breaks for them that they have lost two of their precious babies.
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rather than "play God" and selectively reduce
Weren't they playing God to begin with?
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And no, I don't feel they were playing God. As far as they are concerned, God allowed that many eggs to be fertilized and lives created.
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