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In reply to the discussion: Mitt Romney’s Eldest Son Has Twins Via Surrogate [View all]riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)27. This is not infertility! They have 3 children already!
Please stop trying to conflate REAL infertility with this. The rMoney's are simply getting older and finding it's more difficult to conceive. They are 39 and 42 years old. Sometimes that happens.
The pain of real infertility is NOT this and having known couples in their early 20s who discover their infertility and really have dealt with that pain, this is nothing like that. This is a wealthy, older couple who simply want to fulfill the Mormon ideal of a big family (despicably, against all environmental warnings) who have access to a young woman and the best medical care to keep up the church's ridiculous dictates.
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When Mitt Romney decides that women's reproductive decisions are none of his business...
Hippo_Tron
May 2012
#69
Yup, I agree. This is a sister wife. I hope the media really digs on this. nt
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#33
Of course Mitt's been totally hands off OTHER'S personal family decisions....
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#15
Personal family planning choices in this country have LONG gone by the wayside
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#25
So you're going to intrusive and judgmental views of other people's family formation.
LeftyMom
May 2012
#29
Politics is not kind or decent. If the Edwards trial, or rMoney's attack on Obama @ Bin Ladin
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#34
Ignore away! Complaining that we're beating up on the rMoney's sister wife
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#40
I agree. Thousands of reasons to disapprove of Mitt without involving his grandkids. n/t
FSogol
May 2012
#16
They are not infertile. They have 3 children. They are entering their 40s and it's not uncommon
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#26
I find it kind of strange that we are all about choice until someone we don't like
Arkansas Granny
May 2012
#19
Good for them, but what about God's will? maybe they were not meant to have more
rustydog
May 2012
#28
Conversely, maybe it was God's will that they WERE to have more, and surrogacy was the only way.
cherokeeprogressive
May 2012
#31
If the Obamas had opted for surrogacy, Rush would be trumpeting "baby buying".
no_hypocrisy
May 2012
#47