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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (102516)	1/30/2009 3:02:29 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541851

Good grief.... "Anyone who transfers eight embryos should be arrested for malpractice," University of Pennsylvania bioethicist Arthur Caplan told ABC News. .... When the babies come home, they are expected to join their six other brothers and sisters as well as their grandparents in the family's three-bedroom home. According to neighbors, the mother is single and in her 30s. What is the matter with these people?! Yeah I know, they love life. What a beautiful choice.

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (102516)	1/31/2009 9:20:10 AM
From: Suma	Respond to of 541851

Some one said to me that they must be Muslim and that is why the press is with holding information. I think the situation is deplorable. It is just more burden on the taxpayers. But who to fault ? It's a tricky wicket. I equivocate about abortion as having watched the National Geographic special on Identical Twins (which I recommend to everyone as tremendously revealing and up to date. Data just discovered in 2007 never known previously) where the growth of a human being is viewed it really makes one wonder about life... and ending it. By the end of the third week Rudimentary baby shape takes form. Day 22 a simple sell contracts and sets off a chain reaction with two tiny hearts...forming. Size of a pin head in the case of the Identical Twins they beat together. Same cells, but DNA all ready different. It's fantastic 45 minutes and one learns so much. It is on National Geographic On Demand.

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (102516)	1/31/2009 4:45:28 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 541851

>>When the babies come home, they are expected to join their six other brothers and sisters as well as their grandparents in the family's three-bedroom home. According to neighbors, the mother is single and in her 30s.<< Steve - I don't mean to be judgmental, but this whole thing is just sick and wrong. I really don't see why any woman who already has six children is undergoing any kind of fertility treatment. In particular, a single woman who lives in a three bedroom home who wants to have fertility treatments should instead have her head examined. I feel sorry for these fourteen children. By the way, I heard a story about this on NPR yesterday. Apparently, it took a team of 46 doctors and nurses to deliver all of the babies. That seems excessive to me. They were expecting 7 babies, so that means they planned for more than 7 doctors and nurses per infant. This lady must have some gold-plated insurance. I hope it covers mental health care. - Allen