No problem with this as long as she can afford them. WITHOUT taxpayer assistance.
Agreed!
A friend of mine has 7 kids, and gets a lot of rude comments about it. But she and her husband are self-supporting, and often volunteer to help those who need help.
I told her that when people make rude comments about the size of her family, she can tell them I gave her my share. I can’t have kids, so it evens out.
The correct obstetric term for >5 live births is “grand multipara”, and every one after 5 takes more women out of the game.
Not every body can do 10, or 12. It used to be a big part of OB practice to advise women when further pregnancies became dangerous.
Obviously, anti-natalist busybodies should STFU but it’s also not the case that just because this woman wants 17 she should be cheered on.