@mmagdalene: Did they really use IVF? The summary only mentioned AI and drugs, which is as low-tech as infertility treatments get, isn't it?

Wow. I am really surprised at the tone of the comments here, when Jez has been such a strongly pro-choice space in the past. To me, I don't see this as being different from a woman not pregnant with multiples choosing to have an abortion. It occurs to me that people might be reacting differently because it's…

@jumpingpiglet: I agree. That was my first thought on hearing about this. The skills it takes to make a healthy marriage work are the same things that being in a cult aims to suck right out of you. Unless you drink the kool-aid together, the outlook isn't good.

@kimmbot: What you are talking about sounds more to this Montrealaise's ear like heinous rich person entitlement, and less like Frenchie-style racism, which does exist, but is not quite so blatant.

@piratejennie: It's been headed that way for a while, I am afraid.

@Ivriniel: Gah, forget I said anything. My google-fu is weak.

@Ivriniel: They already do, to a certain extent. I am googling right now to try and back this up, but I recall reading that there is an underclass of French-born people who are not and never will be "full citizens" because of where their parents are from. I think this happens in the Netherlands, as well? I could be…

@weirdette: Heck no. That was my FIRST thought. Sure, she has no nose, but her eyes are flawless. I bet her nose was, too.

@NatalyMor: M's been dressing like a homeless person since 2001-ish. Us fans have learned to love it. That, and her unrelenting refusal to have her pants hemmed so that they fit her properly.

@elvis_is_everywhere: Indeed. Almost. Few things suck as much as being "unfuckable".

Madonna's nanny was a fixture in I'm Going To Tell You A Secret. Madonna even said in the film; "I miss my kids. The nanny gets to have all the fun." .... in the end, the nanny married the gardener and they both got promotions. Fairytale!

@RosietheRiveting: They don't care for their children emotionally. Imagine of one of their kids is trans, right now. They must be living in a closeted agony of self-loathing.

@Penny: It's not about blameless children who have greater needs. I seriously doubt that the needs of one or two special needs kids can match those of 19 individuals, all at different stages of development. I don't begrudge resources for people who need them, but choosing to have more kids than two people could…

@ArielBop: They LIVE the creationist museum. Their children carry the creationist museum around in their heads, thanks to their piss-poor "education". That is why I don't love the Duggars.

@Poro: Having the babies is not the problem. It's the kind of life they are forced to live as they grow that I take issue with. Their education is woefully inadequate - especially the girls', they are forced to be parents to their baby siblings, and they will never be allowed to be queer or gender-variant. The Duggars…

@tiredfairy: I agree with you. In practical terms, I would never, EVER advocate taking away a woman's right to utterly free choice about what happens in and around her uterus. But I also think that not all opinions are political, and it's fair to judge someone on their actions. I think Michelle Duggar is haplessly…

@gabriele.m.johnson: The problem is that they expect to be treated like kings without having to pay for it. There is an entire paragraph in this article which explains that strip clubs are a place where any schlub can have his fantasies realized - to an extent - but they're businesses, not charities. Strippers work…

@buenosdias: Agreed. I always heckle the trailer. "First world problems!"

@HRH Your Cuntness aka likepenguins: Dead fetuses don't have needs.

@msridiculous447: Her children. The older ones have to take care of the babies once they are weaned, and they get an inadequate Christian-based home-school education which leaves them ignorant and hobbled once it's time for them to go out into the real world. If any of them want to be scientists, they will have to…