Birth Of Octuplets Spurs Debate

I believe in-vitro fertilization is a wonderful treatment for those who are unable to conceive. That said, this situation hurts my heart. I too am an only child, and growing up always wanted my family to include 5 children. When reality sets in, and you realize the cost of care and raising these children to the best of your ability and pocket.....my husband and I stopped at 2. Knowing she has no means of support, other than government assistance ... be it HER dream to have tons of children is ludicrous. As for the doctor who went along with this whole sham....the state of California should hand him the hospital bill. Plastic surgeons do mental health screening of patients who they feel have had one too many procedures. Did this doctor not find the need to refer this patient to a psychotherapist? Suleman without a doubt needs help.....but who will give the quality help to these 14 children?

So I've been skimming the comments so far and I can't help but notice that noone has picked up on the fact that this chick has an autistic son ON TOP OF the other 13 children who may or may not develop other issues on down the road. What is this woman thinking? Is it fair at all to her ONE child that she has just redirected the focus that he will need for the rest of his life, to take away the advocacy that only a mother can fight with, to redirect the energy that a mother needs in order to advocate to the state, the school systems, other parents etc. for her son with special needs. I am completely disgusted by this woman's inability to see past her own wants and needs and actually put her childrens best interest in the forefront.... Are you kidding me?

AND it stinks that there is a man out there that can just ignore it all. What kind of man would birth 14 kids and not even feel any responsibility--they are his kids too, and he cannot change that. If a woman did this, she would be ostracized!

We are not even considering how she will have insurance on these kids--Medicaid to include prescriptions, etc. ANd there are so many kids now that do not have insurance because the middle class makes too much to qualify and not enough to buy it, and she can qualify. I know in PA there is a waiting list for adult CHIPS program of several years.

Here's an idea, instead of them taking up money to help pay for all of those kids and instead of having help from the taxpayers, we should make the DOCTOR who did this pay for it all!

Each child is a gift from God-if she wanted them wonderful-but I am sick of her Attonrney-spokeswoman (whatever she is) telling the American Public we all need to help those children-We all support at least three of her children(the ones with disabilities) so now were going to have to support in total 14-Not Fair! Oh we all (taxpayers) will be paing the outragous hospital bill-Medicaid will cover it-I'm sure thats what she thought when she wanted more kids-State will pay. I have a cousin, a few years ago she had the same attitude I can have more the state will pay-her first child the hopital bill was $60,000 b/c she was 3 months early then her third was 2 months early another $50,000 out of "we" americans pockets. Maybe instead of everyone taking care of her ,I know she loves her babies but why not think what is best for them-maybe Adoption.

I saw on TV she even had money to get plastic surgery. They showed before and after pics about it. I even heard on the news she wanted her first interview to be with Opra for 2 million, but ended up doing it for the today show for free. All seems too rumor-like to me. I wish I could just get the facts even though i probably won't like the facts. She is a nut case in the least sense. A couple of those 6 kids have disabilities already and that in itself is enough reason to stop--what if more have disabilities?

I caught a bit on the news this morning that the doctor is dodging any comments as far as WHY he would do such a thing!? What was he thinking? Certainly can't quite hide this little boo boo from the public. First of all can that doctor's license and send him down the road. What other unethical practices has he done over the years?

She is truly selfish. When asked if she thought if it was fair to her 6 children that she wanted to have more in the first place she said "life isn't fair" in a nonchalant way. She has some nerve! All of those children will NOT get the attention they need growing up. they will all have issues. She is selfish and only had children to satisfy her own needs. I feel horrible for those children and honestly wish the best for them. I could smack a bitch!!

SHE WANTS TO BE THE NEXT ANGELINA JOLIE. ONLY PROBLEM IS...... ANGELINA IS LOADED!!!! BUT EVEN ANGIE SHOULDNT HAVE ALL THOSE BABIES BECAUSE OF HER CAREER....IT TAKES TIME AWAY FROM THE CHILDREN. SHE IS THE WRONG PERSON TO LOOK UP TO! THOSE POOR BABIES....

My heart goes out to those children. I don't see how one woman can care for 8 new babies . Will she neglect the other 6? I pity them. I don't care what octomom does , but I will not be apart of supporting her.

I believe instead of running her down and not supporting her, then you are doing the same to those babies. Really it should be left alone.! At least she isn't a crackhead who leaves babies in the trash to die.

As an Infertility Consultant, I am embarrassed that this has happened. Now, the focus must turn to educating the patients. Determining what is an appropriate level of risk given their particular situation and individual risk adversity. Infertility is an exhaustive process. It affects every emotion, financial resources, and physically, continued treatments take a toll on one's body. And if this is not enough there are still many factors that need to play into the decision to undergo IVF treatments. What to do with frozen embryos? There are no guarantees with IVF. So how does one strike an appropriate balance? There is no one solution. But there are guidelines set because they do act in the patient's best interest. 8 embryos should equate to 4 frozen embryo transfers? Ultimately this would have allowed the same opportunity of achieving a large family, but this avenue would have afforded a chance at a similar outcome with much less risk to all involved. Mindy Berkson

geandres, hen our tax money is going to support 15 people for the rest of their lives,then we can judge!

I think she is ridiculous.First off she either has psychological problems,or she wants all these kids so she can up her welfare income.No reasonable person would want to give birth to 14 children when she can't afford them.She also risked the health of these children without caring about the risks.She should be forced to get a tubal ligation or else I see her doing this again.As for the rest of us,I'm sure we will all be taking care of her and her 14 kids for the rest of their lives!