Nadya Suleman

I have a hard time making sense of where I stand on the Nadya Suleman case. She's the woman who had octuplets, after visiting a fertility clinic and who'd already had six children. She, by media reports, does not have the financial capability to support 14 children as a single mother in debt already.

I am pro-choice and believe if a woman has an abortion, it will be a horrifying decision and should be left up to her. Part of me wants to feel the same about Ms. Suleman. It's her life and her family and she should be left alone. However, one has to think of her children. They are being brought up into a world where they most likely cannot be taken care of, after hearing the facts on the family. If this were all natural conception, I would be angry at those criticizing Ms. Suleman, as they would have no right to be a judge. In my mind though, I ask why after being a single mother to six, she would choose to have at least (by choice) another seven? (By reports she was only planning on having septuplets, the eighth was a surprise.) Perhaps it really is none of my or your business, but I do worry about the well-being of her children. I am a little disturbed seeing as this was her choice to have so many children brought into the world she likely cannot take care of.

I am not an elitist or an aristocrat, but if her family had the capability to care for an extra eight children, I would believe this decision was hers alone and should be left to her. However, I just worry about the kids.