http://www.sustainablemothering.com Mothering as a Human and Civil Right Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2009/02/16/babies-as-commodities-will-the-suleman-octuplets-be-the-next-dionnes/ http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2009/02/16/babies-as-commodities-will-the-suleman-octuplets-be-the-next-dionnes/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:21:26 +0000 Jake http://blog.jakemarcus.com/?p=240 In a dark chapter of Canadian history, the Dionne quintuplets were a more popular tourist attraction than Niagara Falls.  Back in 1934, the first known surviving quintuplets involved no reproductive technology – ethical or unethical.  The Dionne girls were the product of one egg, fertilized during sexual intercourse, splitting into five embryos.  What happened after [...]]]> http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2009/02/16/babies-as-commodities-will-the-suleman-octuplets-be-the-next-dionnes/feed/ 8