omg my heart just grew three sizes.

Yeah...our pit bull, rottie, beagle and heeler have all pretty much helped raise all 3 of our kids from the minute they come home from the hospital. I love a baby and I love a dog but I *especially* love dogs and babies together.

TOO CLOSE TO THE BABY’S FACE!!! BACK THE FUCK UP, TUCKER!

GET UP YOU DUMB FUCK I HATE YOU

I don't know if it would be better if the baby was named Tucker and the dog was named Beau...

Right, but it’s not a kid. It’s just a combination of two people’s genetic material, and in order for it to become a kid, both people should consent. One person should not have to sacrifice their rights to their genetic material so someone else can have a child.

Because Loeb is making the decision to create children without her consent; in that scenario the embryo is already gestating. Not only do I think that is violating Vergara’s rights to her genetic material, I think it is also incredibly fucked to create a child knowing its parents do not get along and do not agree on…

She made an active decision to have their embryos frozen, but she absolutely did not make the decision to have her eggs used by Loeb to create a family with another woman.

Right, that makes sense in the case of signing away obligations.

In the case of theft of genetic material, it would be for the child, but it would also be part of the damages her crime had caused the victim. In a sense, he would be on the hook for child support, but she should be on the hook to him for an equal amount…

The difference being they made the decision to have sex knowing the possibility of pregnancy. No one is forcing them to become biological fathers, they took that risk on their own.

Yeah, but I think that should only be defended based on the extreme act of his genetic material being willingly put inside another person’s body.

Even if it’s not yet the case, I absolutely think it should be a crime (and ground for civil restitution*) for a woman to take a man’s genetic material and put it inside of…

These are great insights. Thank you.

I had a version of this happen to me. After two round of IVF (and 40 pounds of weight gain, thank you hormones), my ex and I had two boys and girl, complete with genetic testing and plans to go through surrogate route for birth. However, he was hesitant (thankfully) and we eventually broke up.

I was torn as to what I…

Or how about being that kid? Would the grandparents ever actually see the child as an individual or just some sort of reincarnation of their dead son?

I agree Loeb is not trying to do anything with her equipment (sorry, the best word I could think of) but to me, those embryos are still a part of her reproductive system. The eggs came from her ovaries. The genetic material is hers.

I think reproductive rights are moving (or have already moved, given where we are technologically) past the idea that it’s simply about the actual incubation of the baby. People don’t want to have children for multiple reasons, and the physical toll is one of them, but it’s certainly the only one. IMHO forcing a child…

This guy is a goddamn piece of shit. If she was so friggin abusive towards him why does he want to keep the embryos?? What a wackadoo! Get over her dude. You’re the one who cheated on her with call girls. I hope he gets his ass handed to him in court.

Control and forcing her to keep him in her life. She’s very publicly moved on from him and sounds like he doesn’t like that. If the gossip rags are right, he was a controlling asshole throughout their relationship.

I get that these are fertilized embryos and all...but seriously, what would this guy want with them? Couldn't he just go and find another person to impregnate? It really seems like he's just doing this to publicly smear his ex and embarrass her by hashing out a bunch of personal information.

King Solomon, where you at?