Does a baby need a father?

[Quicksilver]

I didn't see this on Oprah but a local Radio Talk show lit into Alexis Stewart, daughter of Martha Stewart, who appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show to talk about her $28,000 per month efforts to become pregnant. She is going the route of using a sperm donor.

She says she's known for years that she wanted to be a mother…but life got in the way. "I was around 36 [when I decided I wanted a baby]. … It wasn't a good time. I forgot about it," she says. "Then about two years ago, I started to think about it again."

"[We] get distracted because now we have jobs, and now we have other things to do. Medicine seems miraculous—you can do anything you want," she says. "Movie stars have babies late. It seems all possible, but you don't hear the stories of the people who can't have a baby."

Did it ever occur to her to get a man?? Oh no. No mention of a father. Guess she will hire someone to do that part. No need i guess

All of this because Martha Stewart want's grandchildren?" "Desperately," Alexis says.

http://www2.oprah.com/world/health/s..._284_108.jhtml

[Wagner]

More modern medicine screwing up the world. Nature didn't allow her to have a child for a reason.....did it ever occur to the woman to adopt or find another way to fill this 'void' in her life? Is a father necessary, most definitely. Who needs evolution when you can just skip the whole selection process.

[E61Silver]

Bill Cosby thinks so.

[rebound]

Damn bro, you've got to stop drinking white gas.

THINKPAD!

[rebound]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver

I didn't see this on Oprah but a local Radio Talk show lit into Alexis Stewart, daughter of Martha Stewart, who appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show to talk about her $28,000 per month efforts to become pregnant. She is going the route of using a sperm donor.

She says she's known for years that she wanted to be a mother…but life got in the way. "I was around 36 [when I decided I wanted a baby]. … It wasn't a good time. I forgot about it," she says. "Then about two years ago, I started to think about it again."

"[We] get distracted because now we have jobs, and now we have other things to do. Medicine seems miraculous—you can do anything you want," she says. "Movie stars have babies late. It seems all possible, but you don't hear the stories of the people who can't have a baby."

Did it ever occur to her to get a man?? Oh no. No mention of a father. Guess she will hire someone to do that part. No need i guess

All of this because Martha Stewart want's grandchildren?" "Desperately," Alexis says.

http://www2.oprah.com/world/health/s..._284_108.jhtml

A kid needs two parents. Having kids late ain't the way to go, but hey, what's one more screwed up (rich) kid in the world?

[Quicksilver]

Thanks for relating Bill's opinion. Do you have one.

Originally Posted by x54.4blue

Bill Cosby thinks so.

[Wagner]

Let me sum up his next comment:

"what do you think we should say?"

[Quicksilver]

Three different opinions should make for an interesting discussion no doubt.

[E61Silver]

Originally Posted by rebound

A kid needs two parents. Having kids late ain't the way to go, but hey, what's one more screwed up (rich) kid in the world?

I think life is short and a Family is one of the most important part of life.


By the same token some people do not understand the responsibility associated with children and some 16 year girls view having a baby like having a pet.

[Wagner]

Um, what bearing does that have on the topic of a 36 year old woman being artificially impregnated?

I guess you're making a global brush stroke opinion.