Bloggers weigh in on the California octuplets, their mother’s judgment, her doctor’s ethics  and the family’s future.

“Why are we, as mothers, so disturbed by this story? I can only answer for myself. I look into the faces of my two children and think of the amount of time and energy it has taken to raise them into the young adults they have become.”

— Blogger Amy Zimmerman mulls over “the countless hours walking the floor with sick kids, the hours of homework and carpooling, dance recitals, soccer games and school plays, disappointments and victories. Then I multiply it....”

“I believe strongly that women themselves should decide how many children they have  or don’t have....However, the circumstances in this case appear to point to a woman who is already unable to care for the large family she has.”

— Blogger Katie Allison Granju calls the situation the “perfect storm of unethical medical care”  a fluke that brought a “psychologically vulnerable patient” together with a “one-in-a-million crazy doctor.”

“Ending up with eight fetuses is not something that is medically indicated, but rather an accident  or better yet  lack of proper medical care.”

— Fox News’s Dr. Manny Alvarez alleges that the mother’s fertility doctors violated the physician’s oath: “First, do no harm.”