Indiana IVF
Oct. 5th, 2005 08:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
percivalThe good folks of Indiana sure propose some strange laws. Yes, I'm talking about you, Ms Patricia Miller. If your proposal goes through, parents who need help conceiving, even those who need Intrauterine Insemination or In Vitro Fertilisation that does not involve donor eggs or sperm, must be assessed by a child placement agency. This assessment will cover, inter alia:
- their fertility history
- criminal record checks
- a statement of beliefs, values, and hobbies
- "a description of the family lifestyle of the intended parents, include a description of individual participation in faith-based or church activities, hobbies or other interests"
- a personal reference from a friend
If I'm not mistaken, then these requirements are very close to those you need to fulfil in order to adopt.
Now, in the case of adoption, I fully understand why this information is needed. After all, adoption is about placing a child that hurts in a new environment that will give him/her the love s/he needs. Adoption is definitely not for everybody, because from all I've heard, read, and seen, it does take a special kind of parent to adopt. Maybe some of you will remember my posts from last year, where I ruminated about our suitability as adoptive parents. After some research, I came to the conclusion that while we would definitely be able to cope with an infant, a toddler or preschooler would be beyond our limited abilities. Therefore, it makes perfect sense that agencies do their best to ensure that adoptive parents have got what it takes. Same with fostering - not everybody can foster children with childhoods that have been severely disrupted. Again, my husband and I would not make good foster parents. This doesn't mean that we don't make good parents - it just means that we will be at our best when we can raise a child whom we've given the best possible start in life.
But what we are talking about here is couples who have a medical condition (unexplained infertility is a condition, too), and who are seeking help. Who is the state, who are child placement agencies to dictate whether people are allowed to give life?
- their fertility history
- criminal record checks
- a statement of beliefs, values, and hobbies
- "a description of the family lifestyle of the intended parents, include a description of individual participation in faith-based or church activities, hobbies or other interests"
- a personal reference from a friend
If I'm not mistaken, then these requirements are very close to those you need to fulfil in order to adopt.
Now, in the case of adoption, I fully understand why this information is needed. After all, adoption is about placing a child that hurts in a new environment that will give him/her the love s/he needs. Adoption is definitely not for everybody, because from all I've heard, read, and seen, it does take a special kind of parent to adopt. Maybe some of you will remember my posts from last year, where I ruminated about our suitability as adoptive parents. After some research, I came to the conclusion that while we would definitely be able to cope with an infant, a toddler or preschooler would be beyond our limited abilities. Therefore, it makes perfect sense that agencies do their best to ensure that adoptive parents have got what it takes. Same with fostering - not everybody can foster children with childhoods that have been severely disrupted. Again, my husband and I would not make good foster parents. This doesn't mean that we don't make good parents - it just means that we will be at our best when we can raise a child whom we've given the best possible start in life.
But what we are talking about here is couples who have a medical condition (unexplained infertility is a condition, too), and who are seeking help. Who is the state, who are child placement agencies to dictate whether people are allowed to give life?
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Date: 2005-10-05 08:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-05 08:36 pm (UTC)ther was news about proposals inholaldn to getthe first ivf treatment includedi ninsurance again .taht soudns a bit mroe liek it, right?