Is anyone else here outraged???
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Is anyone else here outraged???
| Sat, 01-31-2009 - 12:17pm |
I don't want to spark an ethical debate here, but I'm just having such a difficult time reckoning with this.

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I have to agree with you about the selfishness of mother of the recently born octuplets.
My questions:
Oh, I do totally agree re: the cloned puppy.
Thanks for the thoughtful response!
Those poor kids! Its gross on every level.
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I think that the situation is nuts, too...but I also don't think that she knowingly got pregnant with 8.
I don't have much to say about the kids except for a long, slow eyeroll.
The dog cloning makes me sad. I realize most people spend that money out of grief. I personally believe that the life experiences a dog has with its family shapes its disposition, attitude, personality.
I guess that's back to nature v. nurture, though. :)
Danni
cl-phocid, Debt Support Group
All my best,
Danni
When my husband and I did infertility treatments, my doctor REFUSED to continue a cycle if there were more than THREE ***FOLLICLES***.
First of all, 3 is a lot less than EIGHT.
And FOLLICLES aren't even babies yet. Embryos are BABIES. They are already created, they just have to find a place to implant. The likelihood of all eight implanting is a little slim, but if you put eight embryos in, you are just about guaranteed to have the vast majority implant. She could EASILY have done a cycle of four embryos to see if it worked, and if none of them took, she could have implanted the other 4 the next month.
It was highly unethical of the doctor to even allow it. And I cannot even imagine the health problems those babies do/might have from being born like that.
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