IVF, or In Vitro Fertilisation, is the process where a human egg is fertilised and cultured outside of the human body, and then the embryo is introduced into the uterus. It is a process that is used to treat infertility in women, and at the moment New South Wales has no legislation controlling access to IVF treatment. It's anti discrimination act means that no-one can be denied treatment because of their marital status or gender preference. In my writing, my arguments are going to be against the statement that " IVF should be made available to any woman who requests it, no matter what her marital status or gender preference." These arguments include The Right's of the Child, lack of resources, lifestyle choice, and costs to the government after the baby is born.

The first argument in my case is that of The Right's of the Child. Dr. John Fleming, the director of the Southern Cross Bioethics Institute in Adelaide, says that fertility treatment should not be made available to single women or lesbian couples as it was against the Children's Right's treaty. This comes from the United Nations Conventio

* In Vitro Fertilisation in the 1990's : Towards Medical, Social and Ethical Evaluation by Elizabeth Hildt, Dietmar Mieth. First Published 1998.

The next argument in my case is that of the lack of resources that makes In Vitro Fertilisation possible. There are hundreds of couples/people who are seeking IVF treatment, and around half of these people are either single mothers or lesbian couples. It appalls me that some single mothers and lesbian couples are receiving the treatment before married couples. When a woman makes the lifestyle choice to become a single mother or a lesbian, they are also choosing to live a life without a man, which is therefore giving up the opportunity to have children. With this in mind, the first opportunities to have IVF treatment must go to married couples. If lesbian couples or single mothers desperately want to have children, they should first consider adopting a child. This would be a better option than having IVF treatment, as it would enable more married couples to be given the IVF treatment sooner.

These arguments that have been put forward in proving my case have led to opposing the statement that " IVF should be made available to any woman who requests it, no matter what her marital status or gender preference. All of the arguments used contribute to this statement, but the most important point is that of the Right'

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