Suleman Octuplets story: Democrats and Republicans agree on this one (DU & FR Mentioned)

[The Straight Story]

Suleman Octuplets story: Democrats and Republicans agree on this one

Nadya Suleman, the woman who had octuplets in January gave a TV interview about the experience. Suleman had six children before having eight embryos implanted in her uterus last year by in vitro fertilization or IVF.

The interviews sparked debate and controversy among both Democrats and Republicans.

There have been numerous forum debates on the issue in Democratic and Republican websites. This issue has sparked controversy within the two groups. On both Democratic Underground and Free Republic websites, there have been long and sometimes heated conversations about the octuplets.

The overarching theme of Republican writers involved the issue of the mother of the octuplets relying on government money to raise her children. There was also quite a bit written about Suleman's physical appearance.


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Over on the Democratic forums, the debate was much more extensive. Like the Republican forum writers, the majority seemed to feel it was wrong for a single woman living with her parents to have 14 children with no income other than funds from a disability claim.

Unlike the Republicans, the Democrats didn't say much about Suleman's looks. There were a couple of writers who defended the woman's right to choose to have children. The comments by the Suleman defenders sparked at least as much debate as the initial story. The vast majority of Democrats, like the Republicans, felt that the woman shouldn't have 14 children when she doesn't have the financial resources to raise them. Many of them expressed concern that the children wouldn't be healthy physically or emotionally.

http://www.examiner.com/x-1172-Birmingham-Progressive-Politics-Examiner~y2009m2d9-Suleman-Octuplets-story-Democrats-and-Republicans-agree-on-this-one

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

1. Finally. Something we can all agree on. nt

[Believing Is Art]

2. Well, I'd shoot that on over to FR,

but it doesn't really put them in a flattering light.

[sandnsea]

3. "debate was much more extensive"

Which is the most important thing of all. I am much more concerned about the woman's mental health, whether she has money to raise those kids or not. She put herself and those babies in danger with this stunt. This needs to be made clear to any woman listening. This is child endangerment and all involved should be in the courts to make that clear.

[thunder rising]

4. What a non-story.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Freepers expressed concern over the childrens' health?

I'm certainly not going to research the issue, but I expect the vast majority of them were upset over the possibility that medicaid would pay for their healthcare, rather than concern for the health of the children. After all, they're not fetuses any longer, so they're fair game for social Darwinism, right, freepi?

[Lasher]

6. Wait a minute, you mean people are reading this shit I've been posting?

Maybe I should be more cereal.

[Emit]

8. lol, your post reminds me of this hilarious thread at Firedoglake: Asparagus…In My My Cereal Bowl

http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/02/asparagusin-my-my-cereal-bowl/

[seabeyond]

11. bah hahahah. that is funny. hm. gives one thought. n/t

[elocs]

7. Ha, ha, ha! DU and FR join hands and sing "Kumbya".

Now doesn't that beat all!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Why, I guess we are all brothers and sisters under the political skin.

[The Straight Story]

9. Can't we all just get along?

:rofl:

[treestar]

10. Freepers are only concerned with the use of public funds

They probably would not oppose it otherwise. Think of all that cannon fodder for their future wars.

[Chemical Bill]

12. A debate means we don't all agree, doesn't it?

:shrug:

[justgamma]

13. I don't understand why the freeps

aren't embracing this woman. After all she did state that she thought those embryos were her children so she had to have them all implanted. Isn't that their whole basis for their "right to life" stances. Maybe their rtl is only for rich people? Hypocracy, thy name is freeper.

[barb162]

14. I think it's an issue of irresponsibility for just about everyone

whatever their political leaning. However, I have not gone over to look at FR to see if I am right or not.