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Lesbian couple refused IVF referral without 'proof of trying for two years'
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On a serious note though, i hate this so much. This is clearly just a homophobic/transphobic move but like, cishet couples shouldn't have to "prove" that they've been trying to conceive for 2 years either. what the fuck?
Surely a cishet couple would only need to prove that they're medically incapable of conceiving? Like what's the point of trying for 2 years in a case where it just isn't going to happen?
I'm no doctor but if a cishet couple that could "normally" conceive wants to do IVF for no other reason than "We want to", I say let them
On the other hand, the doctors at the NHS are already spread pretty thin and elective use of those resources should be minimized. IVF is not a nothingburger. It takes a lot of intervention. Hormone shots, constant checkups, and the actual implantation procedure, which often has to be done more than once.
Shouldn't the invisible hand of the market come up with a more efficient process if demand goes up?
They have the NHS though lol
Yeah, like Doctor Chungus can be a cool doc and all, but at the end of the day it's still a question of allocating resources.
That said, if the problem is that the NHS has been underfunded and simply can't support IVF procedures without means testing them, the blame doesn't exactly switch to a different group of people.
why wouldn't it switch from the administrators dealing with the limited resources to the freaks limiting the resources?
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