It was reported last year that President Biden was considering changing the definition of infertility so that ihealth insurance companies cover the cost of IVF for LGBT couples regardless of sexual orientation. What do we think of this? Infertility and difficulty conceiving will have a definition broader than used up until now.
LGB Couples IVF hopes hinge on new definition of infertility
by Anonymous | reply 74 | February 21, 2023 2:12 AM |
Admittedly it would be very expensive to effectively make surrogacy an insurance right for gay men at least initially.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | January 20, 2023 11:09 AM |
I think people should quit bringing more babies onto this damaged earth. Have pets, or adopt, or do good things for existing children.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 20, 2023 11:11 AM |
r2 Do you think all people should quit having babies ?
by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 20, 2023 5:54 PM |
SurvivingAngel, that article specifically says 'đđđđ,' not 'LGB.'
by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 20, 2023 8:51 PM |
r4 My bad sorry
by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 20, 2023 9:37 PM |
Bump!!
by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 23, 2023 9:55 PM |
It's fine. If we give it to straight couples then we need to give it to gay couples as well.
Equal under the law means just that.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 23, 2023 9:58 PM |
That would be amazing. It costs around $200k for a gay couple to use surrogacy. This would lessen the financial burden
by Anonymous | reply 8 | January 23, 2023 10:11 PM |
r7 I am british-Do US health insurance companies routinely pay for straight couples surrogacy costs?
by Anonymous | reply 9 | January 23, 2023 10:13 PM |
The surrogate's insurance should cover her pregnancy costs unless the policy specifically discriminates against surrogates. The straight couple isn't part of that and their legal costs, along with other costs associated with hiring a surrogate certainly aren't covered.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 23, 2023 10:26 PM |
I donât think anyone, straight or gay, should have IVF covered by insurance. Itâs a choice to want to try to conceive medically if you canât naturally. Nature is probably trying to balance out the number of humans on the planet vs all the other animals weâre killing off. Take the hint. Adopt or find some other meaning in your life other than being a narcissist with a mini-me or two.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 23, 2023 10:33 PM |
R9 - in general, it does not. Some companies will cover few costs related to pregnancy but certainly not something as costly as surrogacy.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | January 23, 2023 10:50 PM |
Thanks r10 r12 So in effect would you say the majority of gay couples could not afford the cost of high quality medical care associated with surrogacy above and beyond normal or basic minimal general pregnancy costs?
r11 Isnt a democratic senator trying to have a law passed for the right to build a family that would effectively broaden the definition of infertility to not just medical infertility but social infertility? My understanding is the bill as currently drafted wants to remove ALL limits insurance companies put on covering surrogacy , sperm donation etc and the no limit phrase is a big stumbling block to it being passed?
In the UK the NHS has now agreed to cover IVF costs for female same sex couples but has so far shied away from announcing something comparable for male same sex couples. A reform of surrogacy law is due to be published by the UK government later this year but wont become law until 2025 at the earliest and that is likely part of the reason for delay as well as political fear over backlash in some quarters of the NHS paying for surrogacy for gay men.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 24, 2023 12:37 AM |
Is there a breakdown of the $200,000 mentioned above? I'm guessing that a large part of that is the surrogate's fee (non-medical related) for carrying the embryo.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 24, 2023 1:12 AM |
r14 I would be interested to know that too.Maybe in the case of surrogacy because they pay so much anyway go the extra mile for extra tests on the embryo , screening etc and that I am sure is expensive?
by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 24, 2023 2:40 AM |
This thread is a great of example of the trollish obsessions of the OP, SurvivingAngel and its obsession with gay surrogacy.
Adopt a dog, you weirdo!
by Anonymous | reply 16 | January 24, 2023 3:17 AM |
r16 A rather OTT unnecessarily rude post.I have no children and have expressed no personal desire to go down any route at all to have one. Threads rhat disinterest you are easily avoided.
To me this is an interesting social trend and societal development that would have been unthinkable 20 years ago.It certainly never occured to me as a young man that in my lifetime gay men, some even my peers would become parents via anything other than bearding or pairing up with a lesbian pal .In many ways this is changing the gay scene and worthy of discussion. and debate.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | January 24, 2023 3:23 AM |
Fuck you, I really donât care about what your interests are.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | January 24, 2023 3:27 AM |
Oh, and I forgot the obligatory DIE IN A GREASE FIRE.
Arenât you supposed to be a Brit anyway? What are you doing up at 4:29 your time?
Troll.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | January 24, 2023 3:32 AM |
Troll, as I said.
Instantaneous response, until youâre called on your mess.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | January 24, 2023 3:42 AM |
r20 Mess??!!What mess? You are being melodramattic.I am a brit as I am sure the moderators from log in tracking details will know only too well .Is it really any of your business why I am up in the early hours? Could be any number of legit reasons
by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 24, 2023 3:47 AM |
r18 That is fine so leave the thread to any who are interested.It aint complicated.You aint owed a world were people only start threads on things that interest you.
Calm down as we say in Liverpool!
by Anonymous | reply 22 | January 24, 2023 3:49 AM |
[Quote] Nature is probably trying to balance out the number of humans on the planet vs all the other animals weâre killing off. Take the hint.
Couldnât you say the same about, say, cancer?
by Anonymous | reply 23 | January 24, 2023 3:52 AM |
[quote] as we say in Liverpool!
STFU
by Anonymous | reply 24 | January 24, 2023 4:40 AM |
[quote] as we say in Liverpool
Do you say 'Livver Bird" or 'Lie-Ver Bird'?
by Anonymous | reply 25 | January 24, 2023 4:44 AM |
[quote] In many ways this is changing the gay scene and worthy of discussion. and debate.
Debate what? People can do what they want.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | January 24, 2023 4:53 AM |
r23 That is a fair question
r26 Well except not everyone shares that sentiment?
r24 LOL! As we say in Liverpool just Do one will yer!!
r25 I am from the citys posh quarters so I tend to pronounce it correctly and clearly!
by Anonymous | reply 27 | January 24, 2023 5:00 AM |
I donât like the idea of surrogacy. I mean what is the difference between a puppy mill and surrogacy? Youâre basically reducing a woman to a breeding machine. Shrugs.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | January 24, 2023 6:44 AM |
The IVF folks are getting trolled and threatened by the alt right anti abortion deplorable crowd. IVF practices have their own malpractice risks. I hope surrogacy continues and is regulated for the health of the mother as well as for the child.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | January 24, 2023 8:42 AM |
r29 Good regulations would certainly minimise and reduce some of the negatives people worry about.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | January 24, 2023 2:49 PM |
[quote] I donât like the idea of surrogacy. I mean what is the difference between a puppy mill and surrogacy? Youâre basically reducing a woman to a breeding machine. Shrugs.
Oh, god. For one thing, a woman makes the choice. A puppy doesnât. Puppy mills are for purebreds.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | January 24, 2023 3:40 PM |
I feel bad for babies of "Rent a Womb" gays who has no mother. I think children need a mother, and that this practice is kind of gross.
The endless Instagrammable moments are perhaps a factor in my feelings.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | January 24, 2023 6:11 PM |
Anti reproductive rights movements in many states (and maybe nationwide) means many unwanted newborns will be available (not the designer versions some would prefer, but otherwise good, serviceable infants). Likely for sale. Maybe the feds can reimburse LGBT (or straight) couples who buy them.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | January 24, 2023 6:19 PM |
And donât come at me SurvivingAngel. Iâm not taking questions.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | January 24, 2023 6:21 PM |
Women are in the fight of their lives for reproductive freedom and instead of acting to right the Supreme Court, this is what the administration chooses to act on?
by Anonymous | reply 35 | January 24, 2023 6:27 PM |
Making IVF accessible to same sex couples is fine.
For 2 females they can find a suitable sperm donor and have 3 attempts at conceiving., If it doesn't happen then tough titty.
And for 2 males, they can have their sperm tested and once they find a surrogate they are willing to pay out of their own pocket the IVF treatment can begin.
The idea that males are discriminated against in healthcare over pregnancy would be hilarious if it wasn't so fucking offensive.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | January 24, 2023 6:35 PM |
r36 So you don't reckon the right to build a family law will pass the US senate and enable paid for surrogacy?
by Anonymous | reply 37 | January 24, 2023 11:02 PM |
terfs believe homosexuality is a choice, that all male sexuality is innately homosexual and a misogynistic reaction to feminism, that lesbians have penis envy and desire to be gay men, that gay marriage should be overturned, they're against surrogacy in totality - not your sister, not your wife, they're against adoption as well in most cases, anything that relates to the heteronormative ideal... oh, and you must abolish gender, spell wombyn in a hundred different ways other than woman because that's sexist, deny biology but by their logic and allow them to carry on all the politics that is no different than the trannies emulating them.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | January 24, 2023 11:08 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 39 | January 24, 2023 11:11 PM |
[quote] I feel bad for babies of "Rent a Womb" gays who has no mother.
No, you donât.
[quote]I think children need a mother, and that this practice is kind of gross.
This is a gay site. Fuck off.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | January 24, 2023 11:14 PM |
R23: true, you could argue the same about treating cancer or any other illness, particularly any that could be seen as being brought on by the person themselves (eg lung cancer after years of smoking).
Personally, the way I see it is that someone with cancer is already here so we should use medicine to help them. Being unable to naturally get pregnant is not an illness or something that threatens someoneâs life so it shouldnât be something anyone should get for free/via insurance.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | January 25, 2023 6:31 AM |
R40: yes itâs a gay site but not all gay people think the same. Iâm gay and agree with R32.
Good for any gay people who adopt a child that doesnât have a loving home. But creating new children intentionally making them motherless or fatherless seems a bit wrong.
However great their same sex parents might be, would anyone really choose two dads or two moms over one dad and one mom?
by Anonymous | reply 42 | January 25, 2023 6:36 AM |
I am skeptical about insurance covering IVF costs for gay men.
As expensive as IVF is, it will filter out the quality parents. The harder you try to conceive your biological kids, the more carefully you plan for them, the more badly you want them, the better parent youâre likely to be.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | January 25, 2023 7:09 AM |
I had a friend that went round after round of IVF and it was a harrowing ordeal. She and her husband were intent on having a child and every time it failed she would take it as a very personal failing. It is sad, bizarre, and very egocentric to keep insisting upon procreation when so many odds are against you, it becomes medically dangerous to do so, and you are diverting assets to do so. We live in a golden era where if a doctor is TELLING YOU itâs not the best idea, NOW MORE THAN EVER you should be looking at other options. Should people outside the relationship underwrite her continued efforts? We all pay into insurance that already costs too much.
When I suggested adoption, she ended our friendship.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | January 25, 2023 7:46 AM |
[quote] However great their same sex parents might be, would anyone really choose two dads or two moms over one dad and one mom?
Absolutely.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | January 25, 2023 7:52 AM |
[quote] It is sad, bizarre, and very egocentric to keep insisting upon procreation
Go back to yapping about Drag Race.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | January 25, 2023 7:54 AM |
[quote]terfs believe homosexuality is a choice, that all male sexuality is innately homosexual and a misogynistic reaction to feminism, that lesbians have penis envy and desire to be gay men, that gay marriage should be overturned, they're against surrogacy in totality - not your sister, not your wife, they're against adoption as well in most cases, anything that relates to the heteronormative ideal... oh, and you must abolish gender, spell wombyn in a hundred different ways other than woman because that's sexist, deny biology but by their logic and allow them to carry on all the politics that is no different than the trannies emulating them.
No hun, TERFs just don't want male rapists in women's prisons.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | January 25, 2023 2:11 PM |
You see? Gays like the ragey r40 really confirm my suspicions about all this.
I am gay, I've been on this site for 20+ years, and I have a mother.
Go back to Grindr, Mary. Make sure you give the surrogate his sperm and not yours!
by Anonymous | reply 48 | January 25, 2023 3:29 PM |
Certain types of people put a lot more energy into advocating for pet adoption than for foster child adoption.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | January 25, 2023 6:42 PM |
r42 Couldn't we laud both adoption and IVF and respect both as valid choices?
by Anonymous | reply 50 | January 25, 2023 7:00 PM |
[quote]so it shouldnât be something anyone should get for free/via insurance.
Maybe, maybe not. But whatever assistance a health insurer or the government provides, they should do so equally.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | January 25, 2023 7:36 PM |
[quote] I feel bad for babies of "Rent a Womb" gays who has no mother. I think children need a mother, and that this practice is kind of gross.
So all those orphans and all those kids who lost their mother at a young age are just worthless?
by Anonymous | reply 52 | January 25, 2023 7:50 PM |
It's unclear exactly what insurance would cover.
Currently, if a straight couple wants to do IVF, insurance covers the procedure on the woman.
If it's a gay couple, it's weird that it would cover the procedure on someone else. Plus for many gay couples who want to use a surrogate, there are two women involved and three procedures: The egg donor undergoes a procedure to expel eggs. The eggs are inseminated wit the sperm of one or both of the gay couple. The eggs are then implanted into the carrier, a different woman.
Currently, insurance companies will say they won't cover procedures if its for a surrogacy. What is most likely going to happen is that insurances will no longer be able to say that.
The insurance of the egg donor will cover the donor part and the insemination. The insurance of the carrier will cover the implantation. The insurance of the carrier will cover the pregnancy.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | January 25, 2023 7:56 PM |
Hey, if insurance companies are covering trans peopleâs surgeries, they should cover gay menâs IVF costs.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | January 26, 2023 3:02 AM |
God that's stupid if you want to be an idiot and live like boring ass heterosexuas then you can pay for it.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | January 26, 2023 3:09 AM |
Surrogacy should absolutely be illegal.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | January 26, 2023 3:10 AM |
r56 No exceptions?
by Anonymous | reply 57 | January 26, 2023 4:14 AM |
[quote] You see? Gays like the ragey [R40] really confirm my suspicions about all this.
[wuote]I am gay, I've been on this site for 20+ years, and I have a mother.
Blah, blah, blah. Fuck off, Karen.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | January 26, 2023 4:26 AM |
[quote] Surrogacy should absolutely be illegal.
Okay, Boris.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | January 26, 2023 4:26 AM |
R55, Iâd rather be like a boring heterosexual than a pathetic old queen in no relationship who is past his shelf life for sex.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | January 26, 2023 6:18 AM |
R60 goes for the jugular. "Everyone who disagrees with me is OLD!!!!!!!!"
by Anonymous | reply 61 | January 26, 2023 12:03 PM |
Heterosexuals don't have a shelf life?
by Anonymous | reply 62 | January 26, 2023 3:55 PM |
[quote] Heterosexuals don't have a shelf life?
Nope
by Anonymous | reply 63 | January 26, 2023 6:40 PM |
Why not, R63?
by Anonymous | reply 64 | January 26, 2023 7:17 PM |
R62, they do have a shelf life, but at least, if they have kids, theyâve got something meaningful in their older age to keep them happy when theyâre no longer young enough to hunt for sex regularly.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | January 26, 2023 8:31 PM |
R65, well start saving your money now so that you can afford it in your 50s like Andy and Anderson.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | January 26, 2023 10:17 PM |
r66 Afford sex or afford IVF??!!
by Anonymous | reply 67 | January 27, 2023 12:55 AM |
Frankly, I'd rather that insurance companies lower premiums, pay for more costs, or expand coverage than pay for vanity projects like IVF.
IVF shouldn't be covered by insurance for anyone (unless they pay an extra premium to obtain coverage, like you have to do with vision or other optional coverages).
by Anonymous | reply 68 | January 27, 2023 1:19 AM |
The womb landlords will raise their rental fees once insurance companies start paying for the procedures.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | January 27, 2023 2:00 AM |
r68 Oh I would have assumed it was an opt in system already?
by Anonymous | reply 70 | January 28, 2023 1:26 AM |
IVF shouldn't be covered by public funds for anyone, the possible exception being a nation with a worrisome shrinking population.
Testing for fertility issues and other investigative measures, sure. But wildly expensive IVF because someone doesn't feel whole without a child or children. Fuck no.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | January 28, 2023 2:02 AM |
r71 What if technological or some kind of breakthroughs drastically reduced the cost of ivf?Some in the field are increasingly arguing that it doesn't need and or won't need to cost so much?
by Anonymous | reply 72 | January 28, 2023 6:13 PM |
R72, I'm not in a position that my opinion has the least sway, but I'm of the mind that health care should be prioritized for the living, not for someone's dreams. In much of Europe that means costs of <âŹ5000 if someone elects to pay privately. There's a point where cost becomes unimportant, but we're not talking about sums that will go unnoticed. Whatever the cost, I don't think it's any more essential than a modest purely cosmetic nose job that a patient hopes will make him or her feel about about his or her appearance.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | January 28, 2023 6:27 PM |
r47 No, their politics extend quite a bit further the TE does not remove the RF. Do explore the world of terfs, so you won't be so ignorant in the future.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | February 21, 2023 2:12 AM |