Since the entire media, relationship “experts” and political “gurus” are attacking this young woman Nadya Suleman, this post is in her defense. Enough, already! Leave the woman alone!!! Find another damned story.
To start with, natural conception, natural birth etc. are all highly over-rated. Ms. Suleman had the right idea. Why go through eight individual pregnancies when you can achieve the same goal at one shot? Why put yourself through all the humbug of a marriage and a husband when all that is needed is a sperm donor? Sure, she went overboard, she could have had five instead of eight. But then, how many of us who decide to limit our shopping budget stick to that. If every alcoholic could limit himself to just one drink, well, he would not be an “alcoholic”, right? Since when is not knowing one’s limits held as a disqualification towards motherhood.
All, in all, in-vitro is without doubt to women what the wheel was to the human kind. Now even women of 60 and 70 years of age can dream of motherhood (like Sarah in the Old Testament). In fact women today can go one step further. They can even have twins and triplets at seventy (God let Sarah have only Isaac).
Granted, Ms. Suleman may not be completely of sound mind (why would any sane woman actually want to look like an anorexic Angelina Jolie?). But if that is the only proof of her “insanity” then we would have to disqualify about three quarters of the entire human race. That you are upset at her choices in life does not necessarily make her “unqualified”. Do come up with some real proof (other than your sanctimonious opinions) that she is mentally ill. Until then this woman’s particular affliction – i-wanna-have-lotsa-kids-ophobia – is not evidence enough to judge her an unfit mother and take her children away.
So you have a problem that this woman is on welfare. Why is it such a big deal? I do not recall this concern when my tax dollars were spent on a bankrupting war in Iraq. Nobody protests when our tax dollars are being used by Nancy Pelosi and her chums in congress towards a “stimulus” that Pelosi herself stated as helping achieve her long term liberal agenda (rather than actually stimulating the economy). But no, we are not to focus on unimportant things like that especially when there is a woman with the octuplets to hound.
Everyone needs to take a step back and take a deep breath. Stop trying to dictate how other people should live their lives. She has not killed, robbed or harmed anyone. Until she does so, what stupid choices she makes is nobody’s business.
