The plot thickens....
The womans mother as we know has now been interviewed and said that she didn't even know that her daughter was getting money every month from disability. The woman sat on television and said she didn't need anybody's money to support herself or the kids - but she has been getting food stamps of about $500.00 a month plus government funds for 3 of her 6 kids who are disabled. (That came from a report on the news).
The grandmother also said that she and her husband had spoken to the womans doctor before this, and asked him not to go ahead with another implant because they could not afford to raise the kids and this woman wasn't.
The most interesting part to me though, is going to be the fathers role in all of this. The old boyfriend was apparently the sperm donor for all 14 kids and the first 4 have his last name. The woman did not want to marry him and said that she kept in contact with him a number of times a year.
It is now going to open a pandora's box around accountability and responsibility. The woman is taking a lot of the heat for doing this, the doctor is taking a lot of heat for doing this but the guy has got off - up to now.
What is his responsiblity in allowing his sperm to be used to produce 14 children? He knew she had 6 of his biological kids so should he have had the right to refuse implantation and would he or should he have the right to demand that they be destroyed?
IVF is a business so it will be interesting to see where this whole road leads...sammieswife.