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lady_alyria in booju_newju

More on Octuplets

Jan 31, 2009 10:46

Should there be laws in place to prevent women with large families from having more children? I think having six kids and wanting 8 more is a sign of mental illness and I don't think modern medicine should be aiding her. What do you think ( Read more... )

fertility treatments, all the childrens, let.it.die

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nizlopi January 31 2009, 16:52:58 UTC

No!! I think one look at China shows why those sorts of laws are fucked up.

lady_alyria January 31 2009, 17:23:56 UTC

There is a tad bit of difference between 1 and 14 and we aren't talking making it illegal to have kids, just refusing to give fertility treatment to someone with X number of children.

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lady_alyria January 31 2009, 17:24:31 UTC

But they are being psycho with 14 lives! Not donuts!

babyfevertime January 31 2009, 16:55:15 UTC

Did you mean this article?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090131/ap_on_re_us/octuplets

Because I don't see what Michael Steele has to do with this.

babyfevertime January 31 2009, 16:56:33 UTC

P.S. I don't think laws should prevent women from having big families...obviously in this case the woman has issues.

What about all the deadbeat dads who have children they can't afford, then move on to another woman and have another kid with her?

lady_alyria January 31 2009, 17:25:21 UTC

There should be laws prohibiting him from buying Viagra. :p

cindyanne1 January 31 2009, 17:00:16 UTC

I've always thought there should be something in place where a person or family has to show they can responsibly care for their children before "allowed" to have more. I mean, it makes sense, right? But even as I type it I realize how ridiculous it sounds ( ... )

eagleandra January 31 2009, 17:12:21 UTC

We would have to pay for the children anyway once they are removed from their homes for neglect (because their parents can't afford food). I'm sure foster care is more expensive than foodstamps.

You don't make more money when you have more kids, but if you continued to have them until you lived in abject poverty you would eventually receive services. But of course you wouldn't want to, because living off welfare is not fun.

rebbyribs January 31 2009, 23:28:38 UTC

My husband doesn't get to sell grain for more money per bushel if I pop out another kid, does he? People with hourly wages don't get an automatic raise if they have another baby, do they? We still have to live on the same money coming in as we did before... so welfare ought to be treated the same.

Well, you don't have to pay out as much in taxes, so you keep more of what you earn when you have additional kids.

eagleandra January 31 2009, 17:09:05 UTC

No. I'm pro-choice.