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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just as an FYI, OP, it has been more than a decade since the Supreme Court noted that infertility was a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Old news.[/quote]

Do you get a red or blue disabled parking placard?  How the hell can infertility be a disability?  No one has an "absolute" right to have children.  This needs to readdressed by the present, more conservative Court.[/quote]

Of course someone who has been diagnosed with infertility doesn't get a disabled parking placard.  Those placards are only for people with mobility-related disabilities.  However, as was pointed out in an earlier post, the American with Disabilities Act is the legal means by which the US government ensures that people are not discriminated against for their disabilities and medical conditions in areas like employment.  So, someone who has a medical condition (such as MS, lupus, Addison's disease, infertility) who has to miss work or needs a reasonable accommodation cannot be fired for tending to their medical needs. Someone who has a covered condition like infertility is going to need the protections of the ADA only lightly since their medical condition doesn't require many accommodations beyond time off for doctors appointments, but for someone who is being hassled by a boss for being late to work on days they have to go to the doctor, the ADA offers important protections.

And, while no one has an "absolute" right to have children - like no one has an "absolute" right to be sighted or an "absolute" right to have hearing in the normal range - everyone has an "absolute" right to access medical care to treat their condition (especially if they are paying for it out of their own pocket because insurance doesn't cover it).  [/quote]

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