Have you heard enough yet, about Nadya Suleman and her hatchlings? You know, single mom, six kids through in vitro fertilization, now has eight more? Here's what they were saying on the view this morning:

There are, admittedly, a bunch of problems with the entire process. Why any conscientious doctor would implant more than two embryos is definitely a question--but that responsibility lies with the doctor, not with the recipient.

I have to wonder, though, are we holding Nadya Suleman to a higher standard than other moms--and if so, why?

We have blogged extensively about the brood of 18 (and counting) propagated by the Duggars. And it is controversial to have so many kids--for environmental reasons, financial reasons, and for the simple ability to parent without hitting one of them over the head.

The fact is, we don't get to judge opposite sex couples on how and why they make reproductive health decisions. Even when they have six or seven or eight, we wax sympathetic and figure out how we can get behind them. When married couples get reproductive assistance--whether it is surrogacy, IVF or fertility drugs--we assume it is because they are desperate to parent, have tried for years, and that these assisted technologies are righting some great injustice. We don't ask...