Reply to Did you know MD's IVF coverage statute excludes single women, women using donor sperm, and lesbians?

Forum Index » Infertility Support and Discussion

Reply to "Did you know MD's IVF coverage statute excludes single women, women using donor sperm, and lesbians?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Ryan will make it illegal nation wide.

To those TTC it's important to know about HR212.
Paul Ryan co-sponsored this bill that gives "personhood" rights immediately to fertilized eggs- specifically including IVF/egg donor/surrogacy.
Had this passed it would mean the eggs instantly had all the rights of a person and thus laws could be passed saying it would be illegal to:
thaw your snowbabies if you are lucky enough to concieve the desired about of children
decide not to implact if PGD tests showed genetic abnormalities- even if it was inevitable the blasty would miscarry-because it is still a person and has the right to develop.
reduce number of embryos (eg. if you implanted  4 and all took you'd be re quired to have 4 babies) despite the fact that 3+ multiples face health risks and increase healthcare costs immensely and family costs.
In fact, if you strictly adhered to the letter of the law that you could only remove the exact number of eggs from follicles you'd want to concieve because all that were fertilized are instant people (and we all know how impossible that is to predict).  What would that do to healthcare costs as the likelihood of a successful IVF cycle on one or two eggs to start with is slim.
I am not trying to turn this into a political conversation- I just think this community needs to know where Paul Ryan stands on the science that helps us all. (My DH is a die-hard Republican, he agrees this is a problem point)
Paul Ryan is clearly trying to protect babies but there is no group on earth (imho) who cares more for babies, wants the best outcomes, places value on their health and desparately cares about children more than women TTC.  We don't need legistlation in this area.
It is a little concerning that he so clearly doesn't understand the realities and the science behind IVF and yet co-sponsored a bill which would have resulted in laws that make IVF nearly impossible and certainly financially unobtainable (how much would it cost to get a successful result with those restraints if already it's only about 25-50% successful depending on factors)
Here is the full text of the bill:
 
OFFICIAL SUMMARY

1/7/2011--Introduced.Sanctity of Human Life Act - Declares that: 
(1) the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human and is the person's paramount and most fundamental right; 
(2) each human life begins with fertilization, cloning, or its functional equivalent, at which time every human has all legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood; and 
(3) Congress, each state, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territories have the authority to protect all human lives.
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics