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Is Fertility Part of the Abortion Conversation?

The question I have for anyone opposed to Nadya Suleman's multiple births is: are you "pro-life" or "pro-choice?" ( While I detest these framings, it's the current ones people are most familiar with, so until someone can come up with something more creatively accurate, they'll have to do. ) It's like the more this woman speaks , the more people hate her . Suleman's received death threats . She's being mocked by neoconservatives . Reality show programmers, who'll make a show about anything , don't want to come near her . Even her publicist bailed on her . Granted, some have used this story as an opportunity to debate in vitro fertilization , but the majority would rather bash Suleman as the Greatest Drain on American Resources. The way I see it, the only group with a legitimate gripe are those who believe that there should be a limit to how many kids a woman should have. If we look at the traditional arguments in regards to having chi...