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20. I thought I read that they were leaving the number of kids they had

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Tue May 20, 2014, 07:33 PM

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Duggars visit fertility doctor to explore having 20th kid [View all] Jesus Malverde May 2014 OP

DUers to switch into anti-choice, vagina-disparaging mode in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ........ (nt) Nye Bevan May 2014 #1

there is a difference between supporting policy banning choice and giving opinon on an issue JI7 May 2014 #4

Animating trolling and flame-baiting ....NOW. Thank you for your participation. nt Hekate May 2014 #29

Very odd to have one's primary reaction be "aha I can catch geek tragedy May 2014 #43

How liberal is "Fiat through her beaver" (post 39) and "Vagina not a clown car" (post 66)? Nye Bevan May 2014 #48

Feel free to alert. nt geek tragedy May 2014 #49

LMAO could you be more blatant in your trolling. geek tragedy May 2014 #46

Are my posts more offensive to you than "Fiat through her beaver"? (post 39) Nye Bevan May 2014 #50

The first post in this thread was your preemptive outrage. nt geek tragedy May 2014 #52

WOW! Thanks for that little "find"! liberalhistorian May 2014 #123

Being mocked for bad CHOICES is NOT stopping her from MAKING bad CHOICES. alphafemale May 2014 #97

^^^^^^^THIS is an important concept^^^^^^^^ Tsiyu May 2014 #103

Many people do not seem able to grasp that. alphafemale May 2014 #150

Damn. Orrex May 2014 #160

The Duggars appear to have enough money for a 20th kid. Shoulders of Giants May 2014 #212

How is this a bad choice? 951-Riverside May 2014 #216

Having the money to do something makes it a good choice? alphafemale May 2014 #217

You might asked their children, all 19 of them, about that. sarge43 May 2014 #219

The only anti-choice people involved here are the Duggars themselves. NuclearDem May 2014 #106

That's my main issue with them. liberalhistorian May 2014 #124

No, but I WILL mock them AtheistCrusader May 2014 #117

good point. the concept of her and infertility is simply outrageous treestar May 2014 #156

This ^ N/t geardaddy May 2014 #192

Good one! get the red out May 2014 #226

That is so true and so funny... AnalystInParadise May 2014 #143

You're not even trying anymore. nt TBF May 2014 #181

Who is saying they shouldn't be allowed to do this? City Lights May 2014 #209

isn't gawd telling them they're too old to keep popping out tax deductions? pstokely May 2014 #2

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My wife just mentioned that Mrs. Duggar said on their show orpupilofnature57 May 2014 #11

I think Gawd isn't allowing them to have anymore natural kids pstokely May 2014 #13

Wow, unanimous jury. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #116

Wow, I cannot believe that someone liberalhistorian May 2014 #125

DU has a handfull of perpetually offended religious people. One of them probably thought "Gawd" LeftyMom May 2014 #139

That could have been the motivator. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #155

WTF is "gawd"? Packerowner740 May 2014 #205

Have you never read anything written in dialect? Goblinmonger May 2014 #207

Not that I have really thought about it. Packerowner740 May 2014 #211

I'm sure they are paid a 6 figure income for the show oneofthe99 May 2014 #14

they're against birth control, but are fine with fertility treatments? pstokely May 2014 #16

It's nobody business how they choose to think or how to have a child oneofthe99 May 2014 #17

They are activists. Their TV show pushes quiverfull, they do abortion protests, LeftyMom May 2014 #32

And because they have had their home declared a church SoCalNative May 2014 #36

no, they make money from that TLC show JI7 May 2014 #38

And pay no taxes RockaFowler May 2014 #168

19 kids are very expensive Beaverhausen May 2014 #200

they do, they have had the show for a while, but you are right about long term JI7 May 2014 #202

Ridiculous, isn't it? hughee99 May 2014 #177

Josh works for the Family liberalhistorian May 2014 #128

yep that's Wingnut Welfare for ya. alp227 May 2014 #130

I was surprised when they hired him because he's stupid and lazy. LeftyMom May 2014 #133

My wife just told me the oldest son has three kids and the fourth is in the oven Packerowner740 May 2014 #206

When they put out a press release, it's everybody's business. Iggo May 2014 #51

THEY have made it EVERYONE'S business. dballance May 2014 #91

They think it is their business that others decide not to have a child treestar May 2014 #158

They have a TV show about it get the red out May 2014 #227

They have anti-progressive family planning positions. Very publicly so. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #232

I agree with you, if they don't believe in preventing them why go the fertility treatments. Thinkingabout May 2014 #24

I wonder if they've considered how many zygotes are wasted in fertility treatments. OTOH... Hekate May 2014 #33

They're probably seeing if she can get hormones to supplement a pregnancy. LeftyMom May 2014 #37

At this age, hormones aren't likely to help. LisaL May 2014 #47

One upmanship MattBaggins May 2014 #56

That would be against her religon, hormones wouldn't. LeftyMom May 2014 #57

I don't think hormones are likely to help. LisaL May 2014 #60

At her age it seems unlikely. LeftyMom May 2014 #62

I know . It almost seems nilesobek May 2014 #75

Mrs. Duggar is nowhere near the record. LisaL May 2014 #93

OMG treestar May 2014 #162

Again, they were NOT liberalhistorian May 2014 #129

47 is her age and treestar May 2014 #159

As I understand it, they weren't liberalhistorian May 2014 #127

Very good point onecaliberal May 2014 #186

So, the poor shouldn't be allowed to reproduce? Live and Learn May 2014 #148

Very true. In her 40s, maybe it is naturally over treestar May 2014 #157

maybe god doesn't want them to JI7 May 2014 #3

Hello, Michelle HockeyMom May 2014 #6

... note that in this thread judging and criticizing a woman's choices is positively encouraged. Nye Bevan May 2014 #9

Interesting that you're the only one who has said 'clown car'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #18

See post 66 below. Predictable as always (nt) Nye Bevan May 2014 #19

Ah, so you're pulling in old fights Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #22

We've got "Fiat through her beaver" and comparing her vagina to a slip-n-slide Nye Bevan May 2014 #42

You're fighting the good fight AnalystInParadise May 2014 #144

She has had one miscarriage already in her advanced age HockeyMom May 2014 #25

Yes. This is absolutely your business. Nye Bevan May 2014 #26

they have a TV show and it's shown and discussed on their TV show JI7 May 2014 #28

So you would be fine if she sought HockeyMom May 2014 #31

She has a TV show. LisaL May 2014 #44

And yet you can trash liberalhistorian May 2014 #131

Totally our business. Daemonaquila May 2014 #175

Yeah, well, she's of the opinion that if you get pregnant you MUST carry to term. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #233

Yes. And taking care of the 19 she has. treestar May 2014 #163

I think she's possibly addicted to pregnancy & labor pstokely May 2014 #10

I actually knew a woman who had that addiction, a long time ago MrScorpio May 2014 #111

She's been pregnant for 14 years of her life pstokely May 2014 #118

The wife of a cousin of my mother's: her ex told me she was only happy when she had a tiny infant... Hekate May 2014 #141

Ditto. Oxytocin is a powerful drug. nt littlemissmartypants May 2014 #220

I think she is addicted to having children. LisaL May 2014 #45

If she had easier births to her other two pregnancies yeoman6987 May 2014 #105

Suicide by pregnancy? Maybe she is looking for a way littlemissmartypants May 2014 #221

Don't they name all their kids with the same letter? shenmue May 2014 #7

I can see how that really would ruin your life. Nye Bevan May 2014 #12

Sure shenmue May 2014 #15

So what? liberalhistorian May 2014 #135

Sooooo get the red out May 2014 #228

If you will note my other posts on this thread liberalhistorian May 2014 #234

Yes. J. They are going to run out of names anyway! treestar May 2014 #164

Quiverful movement, look that up nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #8

I thought I read that they were leaving the number of kids they had gollygee May 2014 #20

You would think Proud Liberal Dem May 2014 #21

They can do whatever is legally available for them. gollygee May 2014 #23

In the Quiverfull movement, the woman's health is entirely beside the point. nt Hekate May 2014 #30

I don't think she is particularly concerned about it Proud Liberal Dem May 2014 #54

I don't give a shit about her health HERVEPA May 2014 #69

She has a huge number of children already that need a mother. LisaL May 2014 #94

They don't have a real mother. HERVEPA May 2014 #152

This story isn't told until the children write their autobiographies. Baitball Blogger May 2014 #27

i think a few of their kids would be liberal if they were exposed to the real world and JI7 May 2014 #35

At this point that's a statistical certainty. nt rrneck May 2014 #101

With that number, one of them at least is bound to treestar May 2014 #165

This message was self-deleted by its author RandySF May 2014 #34

Good God, that is a disgusting liberalhistorian May 2014 #138

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YES. Disparaging comments about women's vaginas are VERY WELCOME on DU, Nye Bevan May 2014 #41

Old woodsmen joke malokvale77 May 2014 #53

Your Needle Is Stuck ProfessorGAC May 2014 #170

Fertility treatments typically involve multiple embryos being created NickB79 May 2014 #55

I don't think anyone would even collect her eggs at her age. LisaL May 2014 #59

It would depend on her AMH JustAnotherGen May 2014 #149

There are many fertility treatments that occur before IVF comes into the picture. cbdo2007 May 2014 #190

People have the Right to Chose and Women to Chose their Family Planning... KoKo May 2014 #58

^This^ Le Taz Hot May 2014 #63

Yes, they do, indeed, I agree. liberalhistorian May 2014 #132

agreed smiley May 2014 #77

Oh, please. Nobody is trying to take away her rights Orangepeel May 2014 #96

I fully support their right to choose. NuclearDem May 2014 #104

First of all I don't think it really is HER choice tularetom May 2014 #109

Gawd says it's not up to her husband, not her pstokely May 2014 #119

There's a difference between disliking vs taking away somebody's choice. alp227 May 2014 #134

I think the Duggars and their 19 kids AnalystInParadise May 2014 #145

that's strange, you are comparing one family to an entire nation's populations JI7 May 2014 #204

The four oldest daughters are raising all those kids. wickerwoman May 2014 #142

Thank you. nt littlemissmartypants May 2014 #223

Nobody has suggested Feral Child May 2014 #153

Nobody is advocating it being against the law treestar May 2014 #166

Sure, they can have as many kids as they want, go for 50! The intertubes still have the right snooper2 May 2014 #176

Ah, more outrage for the sake of outrage. Daemonaquila May 2014 #178

Exactly undeterred May 2014 #199

This is a bullshit argument. We're NOT STOPPING HER. Arugula Latte May 2014 #231

I uswd to work with a woman Jenoch May 2014 #61

does the fact that Michelle Duggar has already had 19 kids and i think 1 and maybe JI7 May 2014 #64

Make what less likely? Jenoch May 2014 #67

less likely to be able to get pregnant JI7 May 2014 #70

but how many kids did they have? pstokely May 2014 #120

My aunt is one year older than I am Packerowner740 May 2014 #210

These people are gross. LuvNewcastle May 2014 #65

No...they are the living example of the "RIGHT TO CHOOSE" Family Size. KoKo May 2014 #71

Good God, KoKo! LuvNewcastle May 2014 #85

...wow. Katashi_itto May 2014 #92

Wow! Hyperbolic liberalhistorian May 2014 #137

Hahahaha!! Sheldon Cooper May 2014 #171

They're the living example of rethuglican fundies who'll do anything for more media. Daemonaquila May 2014 #182

... SummerSnow May 2014 #66

OMG! LuvNewcastle May 2014 #68

If that's what they want to do, then I wish them luck. NuclearDem May 2014 #72

Is that shaming in some way? The2ndWheel May 2014 #79

They're also probably millionaires. I'm sure they can support their 20 kids, plus 1000 more. chrisa May 2014 #73

The older kids raise the younger ones jmowreader May 2014 #84

That's what they say, but I bet it's bs. chrisa May 2014 #86

the older daughters raise the younger ones pstokely May 2014 #87

I don't understand being both quiverfull and seeking fertility treatments. Gormy Cuss May 2014 #74

She can do what she wants. MADem May 2014 #76

As long as they can afford it on their own seveneyes May 2014 #78

isn't there a significant risk to her life if she has a 20th child ? steve2470 May 2014 #80

I do know that the older a woman is when she gets pregnant, LuvNewcastle May 2014 #90

Absolutely! hamsterjill May 2014 #197

I think she's possibly addicted to pregnancy & labor, they're also serial fundy breeders pstokely May 2014 #198

I guess they're not just leaving it up to God. Dorian Gray May 2014 #81

I thought the Duggars were against this kind of stuff. Lunacee_2013 May 2014 #82

Whatever happened to "God's will"? meadowlark5 May 2014 #83

Picking and choosing whatever is convenient for their agenda, it seems. nt alp227 May 2014 #136

Pregnancy is going to kill her jmowreader May 2014 #88

I agree meadowlark5 May 2014 #187

My great-grandmother had 13 children, Jenoch May 2014 #89

they judge others and they put themselves on TV and preach this shit , they aren't some private JI7 May 2014 #99

The Duggers have zero impact on me or my family. Jenoch May 2014 #100

they support right wing politicians and campaign for them and push anti choice laws JI7 May 2014 #102

she's trying to go against gawd's will for another gift from gawd pstokely May 2014 #107

I had a high school friend Mz Pip May 2014 #115

In that day and age? treestar May 2014 #167

Why not? Jenoch May 2014 #169

They did have ways treestar May 2014 #179

An ex-boyfriend of mine told me that his grandmother had 21 kids. n/t RebelOne May 2014 #196

Planned Unplanned Parenthood Zambero May 2014 #95

Awesome. Destroying the planet. Or do they think they're hastening The End Times? catbyte May 2014 #98

Here is a list of 116 countries doing more to destroy the planet than one family AnalystInParadise May 2014 #146

Yeah, just becasue somebody else is doing it absolves us all of any responsibility whatsoever. catbyte May 2014 #172

Since the U.S. AnalystInParadise May 2014 #173

So you think that the United States will be immune to a worldwide ecological collapse? Yeah, right. catbyte May 2014 #174

That's GOOD news, and we need to encourage MORE population shrinkage. Daemonaquila May 2014 #183

Arkansas is not the midwest! JVS May 2014 #222

who are the duggers? Mosby May 2014 #108

i think it's about being pregnant more than just having the kid afterwards JI7 May 2014 #113

If a "Uterus Hall of Fame" ever gets built, we all know who'll be the first inductee nt MrScorpio May 2014 #110

she didn't go there for fertility treatments she went there to see if she was physically healthy Raine May 2014 #112

what message will they get from Gawd if "he" does not give them another "gift"? pstokely May 2014 #121

Yeah, I don't think anyone here actually saw the show laundry_queen May 2014 #140

She's entitled to make her choices Mz Pip May 2014 #114

but is it really her choice? pstokely May 2014 #122

Do you have proof AnalystInParadise May 2014 #147

The Duggars follow Bill Gothard's teachings wickerwoman May 2014 #224

the bottom line is, RELIGION POISONS EVERYTHING nt alp227 May 2014 #126

It's their choice, but I thought Quiverfull beliefs were against fertility treatments. n/t moriah May 2014 #151

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' get the red out May 2014 #154

I don't care what they do Marrah_G May 2014 #161

Are you effing kidding me? onecaliberal May 2014 #180

Hmmmm. Sheldon Cooper May 2014 #184

Yes, of course onecaliberal May 2014 #188

Up to them. I don't think it is healthy, but it is their life. Xyzse May 2014 #185

I, for one, am eagerly waiting to welcome little Round Number. Orsino May 2014 #189

So... hamsterjill May 2014 #191

DU does not know how to have a mature discussion about choice so I'm not even going to bother liberal_at_heart May 2014 #193

I find it interesting that she keeps referring to getting pregnant geardaddy May 2014 #194

God is telling them that their quiver is full PumpkinAle May 2014 #195

These are drastically immature and ignorant people randys1 May 2014 #201

I knew this would be a good thread! joeybee12 May 2014 #203

So they've gone from saying god wants us to have all these kids, to playing god themselves? notadmblnd May 2014 #208

Why can't these folks be happy vankuria May 2014 #213

Unlikely she can get pregnant again at her age Freddie May 2014 #214

"must be like the tide at Omaha Beach" MisterP May 2014 #215

Who said littlemissmartypants May 2014 #218

Best line from FB: "It's a uterus, not a clown car." KamaAina May 2014 #225

Love that one get the red out May 2014 #229

Why don't they just accept their god's will? Arugula Latte May 2014 #230