I'm not really interested in the mother of octuplets being bounced around in the media lately, but her case does raise an important question: Who is responsible for these children? In normal cases, it's the biological parents who are responsible. They feed, clothe, and do whatever is necessary to mold them into responsible individuals. But when Dad is a donor, and Mom was impregnated by the doctor, there are at least three people involved. The strange thing is, the donor and the doctor created something that requires long-term care, but they have no duty to provide it. Legally speaking, they're not responsible. This wouldn't be a problem if Mom could care for all her children, but one person cannot care for eight infants and six other children under the age of ten. The doctor created an unmanagable situation for this woman that requires the support of people who had no say in the matter. That is immoral, regardless of its legality. So who is responsible? The matter of responsibility seems bad enough, but this doctor failed to address the woman's compulsion to bear children. It sounds like she should have been referred to (or back to) a therapist. In vitro fertilization is still an elective procedure. The doctor was under no compulsion to perform it, and may have 'solved' one problem by creating a even bigger problem. | 
