What do you do when a woman ends up with sextuplets?

@bonbon664 (3466)
Canada
January 11, 2007 9:58am CST
A woman here in Canada has had sextuplets on the weekend. She had been taking fertility drugs, now here's the ethical dilemma. Should they have selectively aborted 3 or so fetus's to give the other ones a chance? The babies are in fair condition, but are expected to suffer multiple disabilites. There's another twist. They are Jehovah's Witnesses, and it looks like the babies will need multiple blood transfusions, of course they will refuse this. I think they're selfish in a whole lot of ways. What do you think?
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lynn3024
@lynn3024 (198)
• Canada
12 Jan 07
you have no way of knowing if she's going to refuse blood transfusions. many religions have rules but only a handful of people abide by them. selective abortion is monstrous. i'm glad i don't know anybody personnally who believes in abortion.
justreal
@justreal (2364)
• Canada
12 Jan 07
I think people like that shouldn't have and don't deserve to have babies. They are really selfish and not responsible.
chimex4real2k2
@chimex4real2k2 (1853)
• Nigeria
11 Jan 07
When I think of these six premature children I feel very very sad for them.Those tiny children are struggling for their lives, yet they didn’t ask to be here. When I think of the mother, my blood just boils. As soon as I heard of these multiple births I just knew it had to be IVF. she has selectively killed three helpless children remaining three more.In my considered opinion the best thing to do is for everybody to maximise reproductive research..
A12MCMULLIN
@A12MCMULLIN (41)
• United States
12 Jan 07
The first thing I would do is ask my boss for a raise. If he said no, I would immediately look for a higher paying job. I would also search the sales papers for everything I bought, its hard enough supporting 1 kid, let alone 6 kids.