@elbanditoroso I understand your view on women’s rights when it comes to their body and thank you for it. It isn’t black and white though.
* Just to clarify, biologically, the children aren’t hers. The eggs and sperm were procured through donation.
* She is the sole parent. There is no father.
* She is 65 years old. That causes a greater risk for both the mother and children. So does the fact that there are four fetuses.
* According to this article, there is some insight on the feelings of her other children.
Apart from Lelia, none of her children have this time wished to share the limelight with their mother, who has again become a household name in Germany since news of her pregnancy came to light last week.
Raunigk, who lives in Berlin but plans to move to a town in North Rhine-Westphalia to be closer to some of her other children before the birth, will hope to finance her children’s upbringing through media coverage and sponsorship deals. She told the RTL show Extra: “I don’t interfere in anyone else’s life and I don’t expect them to interfere in mine.”
Lelia told the show’s host she had wanted her mother to have only one child. “So what shall we do with the others?” her mother joked during the interview.
Her daughter’s expression turned to one of alarm when she heard a doctor tell Raunigk that she was likely to be admitted to hospital soon to prevent premature labour. The quadruplets are due in August but are likely to be born sooner.
Based upon these statements, I have to agree with @Coloma. It appears to be a narcissistic choice.