Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Octs???
Have you heard about the octuplets born in Northern California this week? It's not exactly an emergency medicine case, but it does raise a large number of issues in medical ethics. A report today in the Washington Post does a good job, I think, of outlining the criticisms and principles involved here. What do you think?
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I think that population pressure is responsible for almost every problem we have in the modern world.
ReplyDeleteI also think that ignoring evolution is kind of risky in the long run.
One man's opinion.
It's hard to imagine why any reproductive endrocrinologist would transfer 8 embryos under any circumstance.
ReplyDeleteI believe that individuals have a right to their own reproductive choices, but even I do support someone with 6 children choosing to give birth to more when the individual does not appear to have the resources to support those children.
What is the argument "for" supporting this decision? I don't know that the article makes one that I find the least bit convincing.