Posted on 06/29/2021 12:51:42 AM PDT by Olog-hai
When Benedicte Blanchet, a 40-year-old who lives in a Paris suburb, decided that she wanted to have a child on her own and not wait to meet the right man, nothing prepared her for the costly obstacle course that was to follow.
Under existing laws in France, which are among the strictest in western Europe, only heterosexual couples who are married or have been living together for at least two years and have difficulties conceiving a child, are given access to medically assisted reproduction, such as sperm donation or in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments.
“It’s really hard. Since the French government won’t let you do it, you have to move mountains to have a baby as a single woman,” Blanchet, a freelance project manager, told DW. “It’s unfair and discriminatory.” […]
All that may change. After years of debate, French lawmakers are set to pass a bioethics bill that would, among other things, extend medically assisted reproduction paid for by the health service to all women under the age of 43, regardless of their marital status and sexual orientation.
“I’m lesbian and I’m thrilled that that this bill may finally grant us some equality with heterosexual people,” Natalie, who didn’t want to give her full name, told DW at a recent demonstration of LGBTQ groups in Paris. “My dream is to have a child of my own, and so far it’s been out of reach because I’m not rich enough to go abroad to do IVF.”
Others say the law, a campaign pledge of President Emmanuel Macron’s, is long overdue and will finally bring France in line with some of its European neighbors. …
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seems sexist and unequal
what about single men and gay men who want kids?
not very progressive at all france.
Are they offering lubricant?
They could solve this by marrying a man and having actual intercourse.
Mlle. Blanchet is depicted as not wanting to wait to meet the right man, here. And she groans about her being denied IVF in France as “discriminatory”.
France could ease path to Hell
God will judge.
after reviewing the photo, I have no idea how such a fit, attractive woman would have a difficult time attracting a human male with whom to procreate.
Merde! I knew you were lying before I looked...
This battle is being waged here, in the U.S., under the radar mostly, but eventually the gay brigade will win on this as well.
Two fags fought a court battle to have the IRS allow medical expense deductions for NON-family member surrogates who supplied the rented womb for their acquired child accessory. I think they were somewhat successful. For the uninformed, these expenses often run over $100 thousand.
Special rights, anyone?
Judith: Any Anti-Imperialist group like ours must *reflect* such a
divergence of interests within its power-base.
Reg: Agreed.
(General nodding.)
Francis?
Francis: I think Judith’s point of view is valid here, Reg, provided the
Movement never forgets that it is the inalienable right of every
man—
Stan: Or woman.
Francis: Or woman...to rid himself—
Stan: Or herself.
Reg: Or herself. Agreed. Thank you, brother.
Stan: Or sister.
Francis: Thank you, brother. Or sister. Where was I?
Reg: I thought you’d finished.
Francis: Oh, did I? Right.
Reg: Furthermore, it is the birthright of every man ...
Stan: Or woman.
Reg: Why don’t you shut up about women, Stan, you’re putting us off.
Stan: Women have a perfect right to play a part in our movement, Reg.
Francis: Why are you always on about women, Stan?
Stan: (pause) I want to be one.
(pregnant pause)
Reg: What?
Stan: I want to be a woman. From now on I want you all to call me Loretta.
Reg: What!?
Stan: It’s my right as a man.
Judith: Why do you want to be Loretta, Stan?
Stan: I want to have babies.
Reg: You want to have babies?!?!?!
Stan: It’s every man’s right to have babies if he wants them.
Reg: But you can’t have babies.
Stan: Don’t you oppress me.
Reg: I’m not oppressing you, Stan — you haven’t got a womb. Where’s the
fetus going to gestate? You going to keep it in a box?
(Stan starts crying.)
Judith: Here! I’ve got an idea. Suppose you agree that he can’t actually
have babies, not having a womb, which is nobody’s fault, not even the
Romans’, but that he can have the *right* to have babies.
Francis: Good idea, Judith. We shall fight the oppressors for your right to
have babies, brother. Sister, sorry.
Reg: (pissed) What’s the *point*?
Francis: What?
Reg: What’s the point of fighting for his right to have babies, when he
can’t have babies?
Francis: It is symbolic of our struggle against oppression.
Reg: It’s symbolic of his struggle against reality.
Designer babies for women who don’t want to assume responsibility for operating in harmony with the way nature designed the system.
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