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Georgia Bill Would Make Implanted Octuplets a Crime

Lawmakers seek to cap number of embryos

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 3, 2009 5:14 AM CST
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(Newser) – Lawmakers in Georgia have introduced a bill to ban some of the fertility procedures that gave Nadya Suleman her octuplets, reports the Wall Street Journal. The bill—partly drafted by a state pro-life group—would limit to three the number of embryos that can be implanted in women over 40, and to two in women under 40. Suleman had six embryos implanted. The bill is the most sweeping to date in the wake of the controversial births.

"Nadya Suleman is going to cost the state of California millions of dollars over the years; the taxpayers are going to have to fund the 14 children she has," said a Georgian Republican who sponsored the bill. "I don't want that to happen in Georgia."

Dr. Michael Kamrava performs an ultrasound on Nadya Suleman in this 2006 file photo.
Dr. Michael Kamrava performs an ultrasound on Nadya Suleman in this 2006 file photo.   (AP Photo/KTLA)
A bill introduced in Georgia seeks to limit the number of embryos that can be implanted into a woman using fertility treatments.
A bill introduced in Georgia seeks to limit the number of embryos that can be implanted into a woman using fertility treatments.   (Shutterstock)
Nadya Suleman looks at an ultrasound of her unborn twins at an in-vitro fertilization clinic in Los Angeles in this 2006 file photo.
Nadya Suleman looks at an ultrasound of her unborn twins at an in-vitro fertilization clinic in Los Angeles in this 2006 file photo.   (AP Photo/KTLA)
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Guest
Mar 4, 2009 5:05 AM CST
Can't we just get the dad, the male who made this possible, i.e. the doctor, to provide support for the kids he brought into the world? It's only fair. Suleman was not the only responsible party! Just have the law include financial responsibility by the doctor if the mother is not financially able at the time of implantation.
Guest
Mar 3, 2009 7:49 PM CST
It's already happening in Georgia, you stupid f------ hick.
MrsK
Mar 3, 2009 5:40 AM CST
I would love to see those babies go to adopted parents who have the means to provide a home for them. This sicko octo-mom should be put in jail for her recklessness and the fertility doctor should be her cellmate.

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