Octuplets mom, parents: Who will pay?
Filed under: Family Money, Bankruptcy
The mother of the surprise octuplet babies, it turns out, has no involved partner -- their dad was sperm donor but is not actively involved in their lives. What's more, the six other children at home, all conceived through fertility treatments of some sort, are children of the same man. Further: she lives with her parents, who filed for bankruptcy after buying her a house, and they abandoned another Los Angeles house in the past two years.Add all these facts to the considerable medical expense of the delivery and care for eight tiny newborns and you have to ask: who's paying for it? And who will pay for it, given the likelihood that the mother will be unable to work with 14 children under the age of seven at home? Estimates are that the hospital stay will cost somewhere close to a million dollars. And everyone is asking the same question: why did the fertility doctor agree to implant a mom with six young children at home with eight embryos? Is this as scandalous as it seems?
It keeps getting scandalous-er. I am beginning to wonder if this woman will be the next multi-million federal bailout. Chances are: she can't possibly pay for the care of her children on her own. God bless the babies. And god bless the taxpayers of California, who will likely be footing the bill.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-02-2009 @ 3:36PM
Jennifer said...
This is the most outrageous story I have ever heard. The doctor who did this should be brought before the board and have his license taken away. The taxpayers obviously will end up paying for this. And a single Mom with six kids already and not working. How did she pay for in vitro. Did tax dollars pay for this as well.Tthis is something the Obama administration should look into. This is the exact flagrant misuse of public funds that should be stopped. I am tired of paying for other peoples babies, no one paid for mine I worked 2 jobs.
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2-06-2009 @ 11:09PM
KAM said...
How about the state of California sue the Doctor for mal-practice to pay for the costs of this birth?
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2-11-2009 @ 8:13PM
Netta said...
I agree with the gross immorally, ethically, poor action of the physician but it is not legally a crime to perform the invitro. We need to make a law that prohibits this unconscionable extreme. Of all the money and welfare going to this mom, the children will only receive that which is left over after payments to the obvious expensive plastic surgeries and great professional manicures. Where does she find the time for all of that when she if "present" for the 14? Please take these children to homes that will appreciate and support them with humble love. Sincerely, shame on her.
Netta, Cleveland OH
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