Reply #71: Yup. I Sure Did

[NashVegas]

Governments regulate.

People can take responsibility for their own actions without government intervention. Trained doctors who assist medical "miracles" have a responsibility to make ethical choices.

The doctor(s) who assisted this travesty ought to be rebuked by their board. If that's regulation, bring it on.

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And if my and dozens of other DUers' opinions that this was highly unethical aren't good enough for you:

During an interview on CBS's The Early Show, Michael Tucker, scientific director of Georgia Reproductive Specialists, said: 'As the story's unfolded and it's gone from the potential use of just fertility drugs, or misuse thereof, to actual, apparently, IVF (in-vitro fertilization) with transfer of embryos, this is just remarkable to me that any practitioner in our field of reproductive medicine would undertake such a practice.'

The host asked Dr Tucker, who has a doctorate in reproductive physiology.

'Had she walked into a fertility clinic and said, "Listen, I've got other children, the oldest seven, the youngest two," is there any ethical responsibility on the clinic's part to say, "I'm not going to treat you," or, "You know what? This is not a good idea"?''

Dr Tucker's reply was unequivocal: 'I'm stunned, actually, that a clinic would proceed to treat a patient in this circumstance.'

He added a woman of her age should be receiving two embryos maximum, adding: 'To have had eight transferred is somewhat - is extremely irresponsible.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1131343/Mother-octuplets-worked-IVF-clinic.html