File under "stupid, stupid, stupid"

I was going to say, maybe they should just give one daughter "back", but now I'm thinking the State should threaten to take away both. How stupid can you be?

CANBERRA (Reuters) - A lesbian couple in Australia are suing their doctor after they had twin girls from an in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure when they only wanted one child. The two women are seeking more than $340,000 in damages to help pay for the cost of raising the second child, including private school fees, saying they had made it clear to their doctor that they only wanted one baby.

The twins are now 3 years old and the civil case, the first of its kind in Australia, has prompted debate about the value of children and the role of parents.

"The litigation involving twins already 3 years old undermines the importance of parenthood," conservative government Senator Guy Barnett said on Thursday.

"We seem more intent on preserving and pandering to the wishes of adults than we are in protecting the rights of children," he said.

Barnett called for banning same-sex couples and unmarried women from access to publicly funded IVF services, sparking a new moral debate ahead of national elections due within months.

The case is being heard in Canberra, where letters published in the local Canberra Times newspaper overwhelmingly criticized the legal action after the birth of two healthy children.
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The court has heard that they signed a consent form to allow two embryos to be implanted, but specifically told their specialist they only wanted one embryo implanted.

The court was told the birth of the twins had created considerable stress within the couple's relationship, but lawyers for the doctor said that almost every couple who had a child went through similar strain.
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"This has never been a case about whether our children are loved. They are cherished," they wrote in a handwritten statement issued to media covering the case.

Yeah, funny way of showing it, Moms.

SIDENOTE: My friend years ago conceived triplets, naturally. She already had 2 older boys when she learned of the pregnancy, and yes, she initially cried upon hearing the news, worrying about providing for them all because she and her husband were an electrician and then nursing student, respectively. Guess what? Things worked out, and they are doing fine -- a normal, happy and healthy family. Mom, Dad, now four boys and a girl.

If you don't have faith in the future, maybe you should avoid becoming a parent even to one? No guarantees in life, is the way I heard it...