Dear Ishmael,
Its funny how things can be related in the weirdest ways.
Last night on CNN they had a wild life specialist, Dave Salmoni ,talking about the chimp attack and how regular people shouldn't be allowed to house wild animals as pets. They talked about how the owner of the now famous "attack" chimp treated the animal like a person.
Anderson Cooper asked Dave last night to respond to the chimp owner's statement that she loved the chimp like a son.
Dave's response to Anderson Cooper was just AMAZING.
"Loving an animal is not enough. To raise a wild animal, just because you love it and treat it well, doesn't mean you know what you're doing. There should be laws that say that you know enough and have the right enclosures. . .etc etc."
Sounds like a pretty standard answer right? So why did it impress me so much?
Because directly after that story came this one. . .
Crazy Octo-Mom to lose house to Forclosure.So I thought,
You could apply the same speech with a few altered words to this situation as well. "Should this woman have been allowed to have invitro?"
And the answer would be . . .
"Loving the thought of having a child is not enough. Having more children, just because you love them and treat them well, doesn't mean you know what you're doing. There should be laws that say that you know enough and have some way or a plan to provide for them. . .etc etc."
Granted, that's a little strict, but in the case if invitro, I think it isn't too far out there to think about screening women before they are allowed to do this. After all, adoption agencies screen parents so why can't we watch out for babies that haven't been created yet?
What do you think Ish. Too radical?
1 comment:
I loved your comparisons. I think a person can have as many children as they want, for any reason. BUT this mom is totally different- 8 babies!! And someone gave them to her. I have friends and relatives that would love a baby but they can't afford what this mother got done. It just feels wrong.
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