Duggars visit fertility doctor to explore having 20th kid

[liberalhistorian]

127. As I understand it, they weren't

looking to start any type of fertility treatments. They just wanted the docs to assess Michelle's chances of another pregnancy and find out some natural things they could do to help it along, if that were possible. The doc ended up taking some blood samples from her to try to determine if she were in menopause or pre-menopause or not and they said they'd accept it and move along if she were. The doc did say that he thought there was only a slim chance that she'd get pregnant again. Considering that she's had twenty pregnancies over the past 26 years, and her last two pregnancies were extremely difficult (the last daughter was born three months prematurely and almost didn't survive, and Michelle had medical issues also, and her last pregnancy ended in a miscarriage at eighteen weeks), I think her body IS trying to tell them something. She is, after all, nearly 48.

Again, I don't have a problem with them doing any of this, since it works for THEM and it's what THEY want to do. What I have the problem with is their belief that it should be for everyone else and that it's the "duty" of a couple to have as many children as possible, and their belief that they have the right to make personal morality decisions, including whether or not to continue a pregnancy and how many children to have, for everyone else, not just themselves.