The little girl whose birth brought "anger, disappointment and fear"

[Orrex]

54. No, that's absurdist Tralfamadorian fatalism

Do you wear a seatbelt? Do you look both ways before crossing the street? Why bother? If life's a crapshoot, as you insist, then it's out of your hands.

Obviously, the answer is that you do these things to mitigate risk, just as these women did when they signed the paperwork indicating their selection.

And "the clinic is financially culpable?" No shit. I'd say that they should be on the hook for child support until the child reaches adulthood, just like any accidental father would be. Further, the clinic should have to advise future clients that they have a history of error. They should also have to do a full audit of pass fertilizations and notify prior clients of any irregularities.


Or they can just throw up their hands as you (and others in other threads) have suggested, and chuckle that "life's a crapshoot."