For those of us who have to go through the stress of IVF and infertility, it’s hard to take in what happened last week when a California woman gave birth to octuplets…after already having 6 other children and despite being a single mom and unemployed. Most of us who have gone through or are going through fertility treatments would be grateful for one baby. This is a purely selfish act on her part and one that should lead a doctor to the unemployment line.

More disturbing is the fact that neither the doctor or the mom stopped this from happening when they both had the chance. It sounds to me as if they were both seeking out national media spotlight.

1. Did they once think of the lives of the babies when making these decisions? It doesn’t sound like it.
2. Did the doctor’s ask the woman to selectively reduce? Yes.
3. When she told them no, did they refuse to provide treatment? No.

The major problem here is that you have two parties that acted unethical and has now caused a national scene in regards to the ethics of IVF and fertility treatment.

This type of incident makes it much harder on the doctors and patients who are going through the entire fertility treatment process with ethics in mind. It gives reproductive technology a bad name when in fact it’s the only option for some to become pregnant.

Solution:

1.) Ban the doctor from practicing medicine ever again.

2.) Ignore the California woman completely. All she wants is media attention and a $1 million contract for a reality show. She cares less about the miracle of life and took it for granted. Time to get a job lady and suffer the consequences instead of feeding off of taxpayers money.