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Thats shocking… utterly contemptible!!

And it brings a different perspective to the abortion debate, doesn’t it?

It surely does, Sameer. This woman cannot think beyond her own self and thinks nothing of taking away two of the three lives in her womb just so motherhood is convenient for her. Didn’t anyone tell her motherhood is anything but convenient?

I don’t know if I feel sorrier for her dead children or the boy she chose to keep alive…

Shanti, I understand your reaction to this.

But are you saying this kind of thing must be outlawed?

Not in the least, MadMan - I don’t think abortions should be illegal, maybe after the second trimester, but in general abortion should not be illegal.

I feel nothing but contempt for a person who chooses to take a life for such shallow reasons, even after seeing the tiny humans via ultrasound (as she must have at her checkup) and watching their little hearts beat.

I’m pretty much pro-choice, but I do believe in parental notification when minors are involved. But if I were to ever have the misfortune of coming across the selfiish b****, it would take a huge amount of self-restraint not to slap her across her East Village face.

One of my old college friends is a soon-to-be aunt. her sister and brother-in-law had to shoot painful and expensive fertility drugs in order to get pregnant. She is expecting twins. My cousin in NY suffered a miscarriage before she gave birth to two adorable kids. This is the ugly side of freedom - some people will abuse their “rights”.

Again, I am pro-choice, but can anyone name a single medical procedure that is a “right”? I have to wear glasses that are thicker than I would like, how come I don’t have a right to corrective surgery?

I feel sorrier for the attitude these women have towards motherhood and life in general. For them, perhaps, pregnancy (and children) are a by-product of their pleasure!

Oh My god! It is difficult to believe that there can be a women like this. Whole community should boycott her.

I read this too, and I was really uncomfortable with it. I’m pro-choice.

Let’s say she feels she’s not a fit parent for triplets. Okay, I can understand that. I have two children (not twins) still in diapers, and I have to tell you twins scare me.

But still, why not carry the infants to term, and let someone adopt them?

I realize that multiple pregnancies are more risky, but still. Put yourself out a little.

That said, “selective reduction” is done quite often when fertility drugs cause high multiple pregnancies because it makes the chances of survival greater for the rest.

KXB, I agree too that it is not really anyone’s right to have another life terminated, though like I said I am pro-choice too to an extent. I have friends who bear a lot of pain in order to conceive and then skanks like this laugh in the face of motherhood.

Sameer, to too many women abortion has become a form of birth-control.

Manish, I agree too - but it ain’t happening.

Lisa, I can certainly see where selective reduction might be required to ensure the safe birth of one or more children during a multiple pregnancy. I think it is a difficult choice for most parents and I imagine these parents agonize a lot over their decision since this mostly happens in the case of infertile couples using fertility drugs. This woman on the other hand, deserves absolutely no syumpathy.

Can I ask you people to air your views on contraceptive usage? I would like to see how your opinions look in light of the above discussion.

Contraceptives are absolutely fine by me - I think it is imperative that people who don’t want kids use contraception so that they don’t get pregnant and resort to abortion as the last line of contraception.

Your views are just…but then this lady seems to have thought a lot before going ahead with her decision.

pf, she probably did - unfortunately what mostly comes across from her story is her smugness and absolute coldness about the way she chose to get two of her babies killed. All for what? I don’t sense a bit of sympathy from her for the two aborted babies…

Hi,
wandered on to this site - from somewhere on the www - i guess i am going to visit it far more regularly:)
on abortion - i have read about the completely polarised stand off in the US and used to wonder why.
Now after reading this and the links - i suppose one begins to understand.
That woman in the article came across as being a selfish self centred “human being” - i don’t use the word bitch coz i like dogs, and they wouldn’t do something like this.
i hope that i never meet someone like her.

Harini, I agree that this woman represents the extreme of the pro-choice cadre and is one of the reason why people are against all-abortion all-the-time.

We hope you will keep checking in here - we love hearing from new people :)

hey shanti…whats ur problem….i guess u have nuthin better to do….this woman amy richards is getting so much bashing just bcuz she chose to keep one baby alive….had she chosen to remove all the three babies no body would have bothered… and all the ppl who matched their views with shanti.. u guys all suck ppl…consider revising ur attitude

Assignus, maybe you would be taken a little more seriously if you just expressed opinion and left the insults behind…just saying.

I would like to give the same suggestion to you…. just express ur opinion..dont over judge ppl and their actions… anyways that was me and u..2 different ppl..2 diff voices

Assignus, the difference is that Amy Richards published her story in a major newspaper - when you open yourself up, you are going to be judged. That is the nature of fame.

As for judging other people and their actions - why not judge? If I see a murderer or a thief, I am going to judge that person as a bad person. If I see someone morally bankrupt, I am going to say so and not hide behind political correctness.

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Shanti — I agree, but it’s interesting how many times the exact same action has a very different moral weight based exclusively on what the person taking that action is thinking.

As a Catholic, I once had someone explain to me when I was a child the difference between a venal (nonserious) and mortal (serious) sin this way: “If a kid throws a pumpkin off a highway overpass just to see it smash on the pavement, that’s a venal sin. If the same kid throws the same pumpkin, but with the idea of hitting a car, knowing that this could kill someone, that’s a mortal sin.

In a way this is related to your post on religion and morality. While religion may not be neccessary for morality, it provides an interesting and rich user interface to many ethical questions. The problem is that extremists claim religion as their own personal property, just as in the US, sadly, the flag has often come to be the property of hostile xenophobes.

How is it you can ‘understand’ a child being aborted who is the product of rape or incest?

Isn’t it still….as you say….murdering a child?


If your ‘understanding’ applies to certain situations (that are not life-threatening to the mother) and not to others…aren’t you being hypocritical?

By the way, I’m pro choice for everyone, no matter what the circumstances. It should be either legal (not for some people in some circumstances) or illegal (not for some people in some circumstances) is all I’m saying

This is how I see it, Karlise - it is still murdering a child in every case, definitely but the difference is that in the case of rape and incest, the mother has already gone through enough trauma that her interests can be put ahead of the unborn child. That doesn’t mean I am advocating it - I can atleast see some reason for such an act.

:angry:u r a very sick woman indeed and u shouldnt be putting websites bout this at all it should be illegal and also like that i hate rabbits . com that is very sick and upsetting!!

Umm…Zoe, what exactly are you so hopping mad about?

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BFD, it’s her body and her choice. Honestly, not everyone is made to have 3 kids and all at once. It’s her @#$@#ing business if she says 3 is too many.

Motherhood isn’t some saintly calling. Having triplets is no walk in the park—lots of multiple births die anyway because of complications.

F_ck all you women who think she’s a b_tch just for knowing what she can and can’t handle and saying so up front.

You’re full of sh_t.