"There are those who, usually for religious reasons, object to in vitro insemination since usually many embryos are produced, and the majority are "culled" as unsuitable/defective. Murder #1?."

"There are many who, usually for religious reasons, object to any use of "left over" embryos, as for stem cell research, on the grounds that such use "kills a baby." (Of course an embryo not used dies just as certainly, but that's a separate argument?) Murder #2?"

What has this to do with the octuplets story? As far as what I've read (The LA Times has a big story today) and heard (mostly from my wife), religious belief or scruples had nothing to do with the births. The woman simply wanted to have children.