I have no idea what kind of life this mother will provide for these children, so I can't really address that. From what I've heard, she actually is a good mother. Whether she can provide for all of these children remains to be seen, of course. But since it remains to be seen, I can't say they won't be provided for adequately. Frankly, if some news organization is willing to pay her a seven digit number for her story, I wouldn't blame her for taking it. I abhor tabloid journalism of all kinds (and consider her personal story tabloidish), so I certainly don't support the news for making her personal story the news. But I can't fault her for taking something so readily offered if it is readily offered.
That being said, I have a serious problem with her situation because, quite honestly, I don't think scientists worked hard on figuring out how to do the IVF procedure in order for somebody to have 14 children using it. It is an interesting ethical issue because I also don't think doctors are in the position of judging whether somebody should become a mother simply because the intent of the discovery isn't being met by the person making the request to use the procedure. So I don't necessarily fault her doctor(s) for going ahead with the IVF procedures (except for the part about implanting too many embryos which is against set standards).
Deep inside I really have some very fundamental issues with this situation. But, at the end of the day, if she can independently support these children (even if she uses money earned from her story) and raises them with love, I suppose I can't completely say 'It was wrong!!' But I also wouldn't hold this up as an ideal either.
And totally changing the subject, my STS just arrived!!! Yeah!!!!
