f we accept the argument that research shouldn't be undertaken into allowing trans people to have children because the money should be spent on IVF, then common sense means we also accept that IVF shouldn't be carried out because the money could be spent on helping poor and vulnerable children that are already alive.
I really disagree. I was told, like many women I'm sure, that because I was over weight I would not be "helped" to have a baby. I was denied clomid which is something very simple, very inexpensive despite having PCOS which is a genuine medical condition that also causes, you guessed it, weight gain.
Like women who are "too old" "too fat" or whose partners already have a child, I was not considered a priority on the NHS as despite being a non smoker, nearly teetotal (at the time) I could not have a totally healthy pregnancy.
The males will not be able to have perfectly healthy pregnancies so if they are treated to the same NHS service as women they should not
be allowed this surgery.
Does anyone think it's fascinating they're trying to make this a possibility for women despite the inherent risks to the fetus when we're still telling pregnant women not to eat camembert or bagged lettuce?
There is a plus side to all this I guess, the recommendations will go out the window when blokes can get pregnant,. They'd never put up with it.