flamingdog

I think the issues are totally different. Like, in one case you're talking about people who are having trouble conceiving doing something unnatural to bring conception about. You can justify selectively aborting because in that case, as you say, the mother's health is at risk, and perhaps so is the health of her brood. Like we've had cases in the news over here where women have been pregnant with octuplets with IVF. One case i remember, the woman was promised a lifetime supply of this and that and money from the papers for her story if she carried them all to full term. Foolishly she tried, and lost them all. Anyway, I digress.

In this case, we've clearly got a woman who wants to give birth in her lunch break and get back to her desk in time for close of trading. It's like she wants to drop it between shopping trips. She only considers how the child's life impacts on hers, not the other way around. I admit carrying three kids can't be any picnic, but apart from that, what problems has she got? She said she would have to lose her income, but could probably work around it. The key quote here is "Do I want to?"

Well, in my opinion, a woman who has a kid (any number) owes it to that kid to give it as much of her attention as she possibly can. If a new mum can afford to stop work, then I think she should. And by afford, I mean reprioritising your expenses. I realise that might be unworkable for some, but how can you stack a Manhattan apartment against two of your kid's lives? Because that's how this boils down, she's not risking life or limb, or the health of her unborn kids, except by her own recklessness.

Superb point.

Edit: Oh yeah, meant to say, giving the twins up for adoption might have been the most unfucked thing to do here.