Maria del Carmen Bousada, a Spanish Senior citizen, died Saturday at 69 from complications associated with a cancerous tumor. This may sound like the average words found in your local obituary. Sadly enough, the plot thickens....
Three years ago, shortly after losing her mother, Maria decided that she wanted to be a mother. After undergoing hormonal treatment at Pacific Fertility Clinic in Los Angeles, she gave birth to twin boys in December of 2006. She falsified documents that led the clinic to believe that she was 55, the maximum age for an In-Vitro patient.
The twin boys, now 2, are without a Mother, was never given the chance at having a Father and will be raised by an Uncle that was forced to sell their story to a Spanish newspaper to provide for them. Maria's sole desire to have children came with a heavy price for her boys, Pau and Christian.
They are too young to understand what has taken place, but as they grow older the decisions their mother made will surely have an impact on them. Why do we have children? Are we thinking about what's best for them? Have we considered the sacrifice we make in the name of "wanting to be a mother?" Are we selfish? Are our children simply "an accomplishment?'
This story, although not similar in every way, reminds me of Nadya Suleman, the American woman who gave birth to octuplets earlier this year. Already a Mother of six, her doctor implanted eight embryos during In-Vitro fertilization. All eight babies were alive at birth, but they obviously needed to spend time in NICU. As a single mother, how could she afford the medical bills let alone the costs to raise 14 children? No wonder she was signing a contract with a publicist before she left the hospital. Book deals and television shows could definitely help her sponsor her children.
In Vitro, if used by Mothers who are prepared for the journey of Motherhood, is a wonderful medical advancement for women who are reproductively challenged. However, like anything else, when it is abused; things can go awfully wrong.
The children are the ones who suffer.....
As the Doctors keep cashing their checks......
In the words of the late, great Marvin Gaye...."Save the Babies..."
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