Perhaps Now You'd Prefer That Your Bioethics "Sound Bites" Come From Academics? Or Would You Prefer Octomom.
In truly unbelievable video from CNN.com today, "Octomom" Nadya Suleman weepily admits to only thinking of "the now" and "saving those 8 embryos when the made the decision to have her octuplets and confesses to realizing that she has "screwed up" her other two children.
A shocking revelation indeed! Who would have predicted such a thing!
In a completely self-serving and self-congratulatory preview to her upcoming television show, Suleman reveals how hard life raising octuplets really is (even with 2 4-seated strollers and what appears to be hired help by her side).
Ultimately, viewership of this video is certain to send tens of thousands of dollars to the Nadya Suleman Family website from the pro-life, conservative crowd who will feel her pain and support her choice to have saved those embryos even at the expense of her other children.
The video may tug at some heartstrings and open some wallets for the easily persuaded but ultimately, didn't we all know that this was coming?
Summer Johnson, PhD
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That may be a bit harsh on the prolifers. A lot of the pro-lifers I know are appalled by the fact that someone would implant 8 embryos in the first place and aren't likely to shovel money her way because of that. I actually think this is a desperate plea for ratings and relevance again. Having been thoroughly shunned by most IVF proponents for her actions, she's not making a desperate appeal to what she thinks will be a sympathetic group in an attempt to find someone who cares. Ultimately though her logic in that regards as putting 8 embryos at risk by implanting them at once is going to be seen as equally as wrong.
- by tsrblke on Aug 19, 2009 at 4:44 PM | link