Octupletgate

I don't usually agree with Debra J. Saunders, but she makes a good point or two about the problems with the lack of regulations in the human fertility business.

She makes this point, too:

You can say her fertility doctors - whoever they are - should have refused to impregnate an overburdened single mother. They should have.

However, in August, the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a San Diego fertility clinic had no right to refuse to inseminate a lesbian in a partnership on religious grounds. What happens if doctors refuse a single mom, who can sue based on state law banning discrimination based on marital status?

A side note: I believe if the Suleman octuplets survive, and it appears at this point they all will, it will be the first time to my knowledge this has ever happened in medical history (a look over at Wikipedia shows I am correct).

In the case of the Chukwu octuplets, born in 1998, seven out of the eight survive, and they are reportedly healthy fourth-graders.