Birth of Octuplets Puts Focus on Fertility Clinics »

Posted By engineer 10 months, 2 weeks ago in Health & Fitness

Nearly a third of in vitro births involve twins or more. The government, along with professional associations, have been pushing fertility doctors to reduce that number, citing the disastrous health consequences that sometimes come with multiple births — infant mortality, low birth weights, long-term disabilities and thousands of dollars’ worth of medical care.

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    fsev4110 months, 2 weeks ago

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    Dr Chiu, as the male closest to being the father, should be made to support the octuplets instead of them living on welfare (that's us). He should have been aware that Ms Sulemen was not able to support any more children. He is as much, or probably even more responsible for this than Sulemen, who is obviously a few cards short of a deck.

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      StevieGee10 months, 2 weeks ago

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      I agree. He should pay support for these kids. Maybe then he would start to act ethically.

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