8 babies - Part II

After reading more about the mother of the octuplets and her situation (including her recent book deal negotiations), I wanted to reiterate that I am not condoning what this woman did or is now doing by trying to profit from it.

My main point is, it is none of our business. The militant reproductive rights movement has told us for the past 35 years that what's in a woman's plumbing is her property, no matter how it got there. Never mind someone else (like the father or the taxpayers) may have an emotional or financial stake in her decision, it is hers alone to make.

And for those who call the octuple-mom irresponsible: I will not disagree with you there. But is it any less responsible to have yourself implanted with 8 embryos that you want to raise - and then have them, than it is to have casual sex and get knocked up with 1 child you don't want, so you kill it?

The only positive here is that those who have fought for decades for no-questions-asked abortin on demand will have to do some soul-searching as to the ramifications of reproductive freedom without reproductive responsibility.

Nolanbuck