I have no problem with the idea of large families, when people go about it as nature intended
and don't ask society to support them. In fact, if a couple brings a child into the world that has disabilities, I don't mind the idea that we as a society can help ease their burden by providing care and programs to increase the quality of life for that child and that family.
However, in this case, I'm outraged at the lack of responsibility shown by the woman, to bring all these children into the world using an artificial process, when octuplets usually involves months of intensive care to nurse them to viability and the increased likelihood that. To do so when she already had six children is the height of irresponsibility in my opinion. Actually, maybe not the absolute height. That belongs to the doctor who performed the procedure. I read a quote from a Las Vegas fertility doctor in today's paper: "Who am I to decide if someone should or shouldn't have children?" Well, Doc, you're the guy implanting the embryos. I look at this akin to the way I view smoking: If you want to smoke, go ahead. So long as it doesn't bother me, feel free to kill yourself in the best way you see fit. Just don't ask me to buy them for you; I'm not going to be a party to helping you kill yourself. In this case, there's a viable need for fertility doctors, but there comes a point where you draw a line and say "I'm not going beyond this."
