IVF

[longlongwaytogo]

This one could be a little controversial. I am not, by the way, encouraging people to become single mothers, or saying that it's not 'better' for a child (and the parent!) to have two parents. But it was just so incredibly insensitive and unthinking and... yeah. Gah

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[awils1]

Medicare refuses to allow same-sex couples to claim on the IVF levy, for the second session, too. It’s incredibly infuriating. People shout out utterly debunked psychological theories like they are the latest research-a child must have two parents, a male and a female!-and fail to see the blatant evidence that parents come in a forms. Parenting is a skill, not a gene, after all.

[longlongwaytogo]

Yeah. What about the Dads ( or mums) who don't give enough attention to their child, or the guys who are, omg, not full on macho manly behaviour! The mothers who aren't stereotypically feminine! I don't think gender matters a jot, personality is what does it, and even then, everyone has such different personalities that it's not going to end up in some perfect equation. (so, it's not like a macho gay man and an effeminate gay man would 'work' either, no more than ANY other parent gender or personality combination) It's just... argh.

So they can have one session of IVF? strange.

[awils1]

Na-uh. *shakes head*

You've got to pay full cost for the first session, because most individuals won't have the coverage that is activated after spending x amount of dollars. Sort of like the PBS. Gays and lesbians have to pay every time, and aren't allowed on that coverage.