This is outrageous and offends on so many levels. This discriminates against infertile couples. There is no evidence to suggest this group of parents are higher risk - quite the opposite. Anyone who's been through IVF and has been lucky enough to conceive thinks their baby is so precious. You have to really want children to go through the emotional and financial strain of IVF. IVF is not a lifestyle choice, as gossiped about aging stars in womens magazines, it is a treatment for medical conditions for ordinary women and men.
This is a 3 part check requiring checks against the policy criminal records, child protection orders and fingerprint check. What is going on with society when ordinary citizens are have fingerprint checks? Is infertility now a crime? What happens with this information and does it create a record entry for people who previously were not on the police database?
This will be a double whammy for infertile couples in VIC, after the federal govt removed IVF from the Medicare safety net, increasing treatment costs by thousands of dollars. This is government and bureaucracy gone wrong. I'm sure the police, always under resourced, have some real criminals to chase.
I'm 23 weeks pregnant with a georgeuos IVF baby after trying over 7 years & 3 frozen embryos - luckily in NSW.
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