Monday, September 01, 2003
My prayers have been heard!
(Yeah, right!)
Today's Evening Standard (usually not a high standard, though) has an article by Nikki Bayley, who was adopted when she was two months old.
The headline reads: 'Why don't desperate IVF couples go for adoption?' - a question I have asked many times. The reason for the article is that the British government is considering making IVF treatments free on the NHS. But is that really necessary?
'...I can't help but feel dumbstuck when people argue that they "need" IVF treatment because "having someone else's child just wouldn't be the same as having your own."
Well, hang on a moment. The day I split my chin going over the handlebars of my bike and mum rushed me to casualty and sat for hours at my bedside, was that not being a proper family? Or the day mum and dad drove me to university in Leeds and on the way home had to pull into the nearest lay-by because they were both crying so much?'
I can't say it better.
(Yeah, right!)
Today's Evening Standard (usually not a high standard, though) has an article by Nikki Bayley, who was adopted when she was two months old.
The headline reads: 'Why don't desperate IVF couples go for adoption?' - a question I have asked many times. The reason for the article is that the British government is considering making IVF treatments free on the NHS. But is that really necessary?
'...I can't help but feel dumbstuck when people argue that they "need" IVF treatment because "having someone else's child just wouldn't be the same as having your own."
Well, hang on a moment. The day I split my chin going over the handlebars of my bike and mum rushed me to casualty and sat for hours at my bedside, was that not being a proper family? Or the day mum and dad drove me to university in Leeds and on the way home had to pull into the nearest lay-by because they were both crying so much?'
I can't say it better.
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