• Question: do you think nhs should always offer to pay for ivf no matter who its for (two girls) ?

    Asked by mixrace to Laura, Lily, Mark, Paul, Sarah on 20 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Sarah Bardsley answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      I don’t think the NHS should discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation. As long as the people involved love each other and can offer a baby a happy, loving and safe home I think all is good!

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      Mark Roberts answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      That’s a tough question, but if they want to and are able to be good parents I don’t see why we should prevent them.

      That said I think this is something we as a country should decide rather than just me 😉

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      Lily Asquith answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      If it’s for two girls, one girl, a married girl, I don’t think it makes any difference. I would be a bit worried if the NHS were paying for very young or very old women to have IVF. Or people who already had children.

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      Laura Maliszewski answered on 20 Jun 2010:

      I don’t really have an opinion on IVF. In the US it’s paid for by the person who wants to become pregnant, so it’s not a big social issue. I don’t think it’s right to discriminate against two women though, who’s to say they won’t be equally good parents as a more traditional couple?

Comments

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    mixrace commented on :

    but if the nhs can not pay for life threatening treatments and they can pay for ivf treatment isnt someone dieing more important then someone who can not have kids ? 😉 i mean your right but there are young children that have life threatning deseas that there parents cant oford but the nhs refuses to pay for them because it ‘cost to much’ but then they can give thousands of pounds towards ivf ????????? (confused!)

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    mixrace commented on :

    i mean i really am confused. Its a contruversail question???????? :'(

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    Mark commented on :

    I guess the NHS has a difficult balance – certainly the NHS doesn’t pay for multiple rounds of IVF (at least as far as I know) and paying for other treatments does have to be balanced on how the quality of life it will give – that is the main role of NICE

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    mixrace commented on :

    lmao