Just some info…Katherine’s sister is adopted and she was there for the birth of her sisters children.

Also these comments were taken from a press junket..and she was joking and laughing when answering these sort of questions again and again. It was meant to be a light hearted discussion about the movie which is a comedy about getting pregnant. People are seriously taking what she had to say far too literally.

I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again. Just because one has the “equipment,” doesn’t mean one is obliged to use it.

I think Katherine does plan to get pregnant eventually because if she truly was adamant about not getting pregnant she would have taken the medical intervention route (i.e., tubal ligation for her and vasectomy for him).

Anyway, I think it is nice Katherine is publicly saying she plans to adopt. Goodness knows there’s millions of children around the world, many of which are in the USA, that are in need of a loving parent or two.

Why do people assume things? You really don’t think her future husband feels the same way? Come on.

I posted already, but to respond to the claim that Katherine is basing her fears of childbirth on an “uninformed performance”-Katherine said in an interview that producers made her go through a crash course on childbirth to prepare for her role, which included watching a graphic video of a woman in labor, after which she says she joked to Josh, “Will you still marry me if I don’t want kids?” She is also a cast member of a medical drama (Grey’s Anatomy) and her character has gone through her share of birthing experiences in addition to giving her own daughter up for adoption. I would hardly call her “uninformed”-does she need to go through the process herself against her will in order for her to be considered informed?
And I agree with Sarah: I’m sure she’s shared her plans and feelings with Josh if she’s willing to share them with the media, so why accuse her of making up her mind for them and insinuating that the marriage won’t last? Some of the overanalyzation here is pretty ridiculous.

Yay! More overanalyzing the choices and soundbites of a fellow sister. LAY OFF! Jeez! You just can’t make some women happy unless you proclaim long-lasting, deep-seated desire to birth six thousand babies from your own womb. Everyone with half a brain knows exactly what she meant. Why are women so friggin’ CATTY about the reproductive choices and preferences of other women? She was making a JOKE.

As for me, I was in the room when my best friend was in labor – for 18 hours. My desire to not have a biological child is PLENTY informed. Maybe Katherine Heigl has been in the room when someone gave birth – maybe she’s seen the same National Geographic special I saw in health class of a woman hanging off a rope in a mud hut somewhere in the middle of nowhere giving birth – who knows, and who cares? She’s plugging her movie and she made an off the cuff remark. Lets start second guessing her relationship with her FIANCEE as a result. LOL. Incredible.

I don’t see anything wrong with her comment that she doesn’t want to go through all that. A woman has every right to decide what she wants to do with her body.

And to the poster who said that Josh doesn’t get a say in this: If she’s this open with the press about her feelings I’m sure she’s shared it with him as well. And no I don’t think he should get equal say in this, not when he’s getting the easy end of the deal.

To me it sounds as if Katherine meant the whole thing as a light hearted joke. Apart from that, about having biological kids one day – maybe she will change her mind in years to come, maybe not. It doesn’t really matter. Sharon Stone and Calista Flockhart didn’t give birth either and I’m sure they are good mothers. And Angelina proved to be a wonderful mother long before baby Shiloh…

A lot of people say they “know” they want to experience pregnancy since they were children, why can’t it be the other way around? As for Josh’s say, I really don’t think he should has any say in it. It’s her body, after all. Anyway, they have been together for a while and are engaged, surely they’ve had the conversation.

Yes, comments like this can be taken out of context which is why these people should be more careful about what they say! RAISING CHILDREN is not always FUN and lasts far longer than childbirth!!!

as both a birth parent and adpotive parent I will say the birth process was a PICNIC comapired to the adoption and court and legal pocessess involved in adoption.

it bugs me when people think it is the “easier” choice- honey when it comes to kids there is NO easy road-