- Goodness knows IVF (and the entire fertility industry) is far from perfect, and could use some better regulation/oversight -- but over the past 45+ years, IVF has nevertheless brought a lot of children (and a lot of joy) to families who desperately want them -- including Washington Post columnist David Von Drehle, who recounts his family's personal experiences with the procedure in "The perverse zealotry of the anti-IVF movement." (Gift link.) Subhead: "If they knew what patients endured, antiabortion extremists might learn more about caring for unborn babies."
- On the same front, from Jill Filipovic: "Why You Should Care About Southern Baptists and IVF." (Subhead: "They are a bellwether for where Evangelicals are headed. And they're coming for fertility medicine.")
- Stirrup Queens is an adult! -- Mel is marking 18 (!!) years of blogging and building the online ALI (adoption/loss/infertility) community. :) I've been reading her almost that long, and I know I owe her a lot -- I'll bet many of you do too. Go offer her congratulations on this milestone.
- Lesley Pyne is wrapping up her blog, after 11 years, 225 posts and a book! Go wish her well and thank her for everything she's contributed to our community.
- The elections in the U.K. got Sarah at Apricot Lane Coaching thinking about what a party platform that recognized single/childless people might look like, which led her to write "A Manifesto for the Childless Not By Choice." (She's got my vote -- I loved it!)
Saturday, June 22, 2024
A few odds & ends for the weekend
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Thank you. AND for posting that manifesto. Three cheers to this: "We will require all workplaces to recognise reproductive status as an equality issue, including equal access to flexible working and leave, and appropriate time off for fertility treatment."
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