Criticism of octuplets' mother unfair
Ashley Tambunga
Americans are balking at a mother's choice to bring another eight lives into existence in addition to the six children she already had.
Yet so far this year, an estimated 5 million babies have been aborted around the world.
"All I've ever wanted was to be a mom," was the response of the mother of 14 children, Nadya Suleman, to the aggressive accusations of "The Today Show" anchor Ann Curry that Suleman has been quite "selfish."
Suleman's desire to have a big family to compensate for a lonely childhood causes everyone to question her. Yet, Angelina Jolie does an interview with CNN to promote a People magazine deal that brought $4 million for the first pictures of her child, Shiloh, and everyone just laps it up.
So what if Suleman receives welfare? Three of her children are suffering from disabilities that require attention, and shouldn't the government help her with that?
In 2005, the government assisted 2 million needy people through welfare. It's not like Suleman is alone in accepting assistance in caring for her children. At least she is honest about needing help.
Marina Gavrielova from Brooklyn, N.Y., received $360,000 in federal aid between 2002-2007 and she was not the single, struggling mother she claimed to be. In fact, she used most of that money to travel to around the world, visiting Italy, Mexico and several Caribbean islands before she was discovered to be a fraud. The father of her children, whom she lived with, made $98,000 a year driving limousines.
Suleman admits that the father, her current boyfriend and sperm donor for all the children, did not know she had decided to have eight more.
Suleman had been married before and suffered multiple miscarriages during her seven-year failed marriage. So why doesn't she have the right to have a big family?
The babies have been born into a world that scrutinizes their very existence, and it's unfair. Society tolerates abortions but questions the motives of mothers like Suleman who embrace a large family.
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WowReally?
posted 2/17/09 @ 10:07 PM CST
Please move to California and dedicate your paycheck to paying for her mistakes. Your comparisons are ridiculous. So just because a person gets away with murder, it makes another murderer's act OK? There's a reason why the public is so enraged with octomom and rightfully driving away interest groups wishing to help her exploit her irresponsible, selfish, narcissistic decision to scam hard working Americans of their money. (Continued…)
Frost not Nixon
posted 2/17/09 @ 10:11 PM CST
Oh brother, how many brain cells did you burn before writing this? This woman is a leech and her behavior is reckless, irresponsible, and abhorent. How many logical fallacies can you include in one article? We should praise her for not aborting her kids when her dr. (Continued…)
Sue
posted 2/17/09 @ 10:24 PM CST
Get real. You see nothing wrong with spending what little money in disability payments (for a bad back, no less) on IVF treatments to have more children, instead of spending it to support the ones she already has? Spending student loans (admittedly) to raise her children? Sending her poor mother into bankruptcy? Do you seriously think the fact that some other woman bilked the government, it justifies her committing the state of California (a state on the verge of bankruptcy and laying of 20,000 employees) to pay over a million dollars for her to give birth to her octuplets? Never mind the cost of raising them? It's not wise to encourage people to have lots of children in an overpopulated world when they don't have the means to raise them. (Continued…)
huh?
posted 2/17/09 @ 11:58 PM CST
This is why people like Nadya exist. People as dumb as the writer. Get a brain first and then write an opinion.
Swift
posted 2/18/09 @ 8:54 PM CST
Do you ever watch those Animal Cops shows? Heartbreaking, right? Please consider the following situation:
An unemployed person, living in someone else's home, is found to be in possession of 14 dogs, in a place that is not large enough to provide a comfortable or healthy environment for them. (Continued…)
viewoflife
posted 2/19/09 @ 7:59 AM CST
She is a manipulator trying for the easy way out using her kids. To give her anything would only reward her behavior and encourage others to do the same. (Continued…)
Elizabeth1405
posted 2/20/09 @ 9:24 AM CST
Is this a joke? What a bunch of nonsense. People are upset with Nadya Suleman because her behavior is irresponsible, and ultimately, her kids are going to pay the price for it. (Continued…)
johnny
posted 3/05/09 @ 3:03 AM CST
Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can' we be friends?
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