IVF Untouchables

Untouchability is a crime. Mahatma Gandhi fought and advocated against untouchability. Today, a victimized IVF father and his victimized IVF children have become IVF untouchables. No one wants to provide a solution to the case because its too complicated. Instead it is easier to lie and fraud an IVF father because he is male. It is easier to say a thousand lies to hide ONE lie. No one wants to hear the truth because its too ghastly.  No one wants to “touch” the rights of a “father” issue…the society is not ready yet. No one wants to define the rights of a “male” who is a victim of domestic violence. The society is not ready to accept gay marriages yet. In a gay marriage, there is “no woman”. What if there is domestic violence or abuse in a gay marriage, are the men protected? What if there is a child in a gay marriage through IVF, is there a “legal mother”? What matters is the “love” for the child and NOT the gender of the parent. Its easy to say these words but very hard to translate into reality like having LAWS. And that’s the beginning of the untouchability story of IVF siblings.

While we are struggling as a society to give EQUAL rights to gays, lesbians, intersex, what about EQUAL rights for IVF children and families? Do they have to wait a century before the issue “precipitates” enough to have a critical mass? Do they live in DENIAL and IVF untouchability till then with UNEQUAL rights based on gender of their genetic parent? In a democracy, the rights of a minority can only be secured by educating and spreading awareness to the majority even though the “minority issues” may not affect them. Unless the majority understands the FACTS and the TRUTH, how can they make a decision on the “EQUAL rights of a minority“?

Stay tuned…more coming on life as IVF untouchables.