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Too many mothers

8 October 2008
Filed under Politics, Text

Shadow attorney-general Robert Clark said the bill put the interests of parents well ahead of those of children. “In the past, if a child lost its mother, that would be regarded as a tragedy for that child… however, those tragedies, if this legislation is passed, would be occurring by a deliberate act,” he said.

MPs are discussing a bill that would give lesbians and single women access to IVF. This subject is obviously of some interest to me. Do you think Robert Clark realises that in cases of IVF being accessed by lesbians, the problem would be a surfeit of mothers, rather than a lack? In itself perhaps a problem, particularly for the hapless partners of the offspring (TWO mothers-in-law), but not something you could fairly hang legislation on.

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kate says:

I assume he meant 'lost' fathers. The yoof have many problems these days, the marital status and sexuality of their parents really isn't among them, but then I'm basing my thinking on actual research into actual populations of children. Did you see the doco about Fiona Stanley last night?

Perhaps Ballieu will, given that all children deserve to start life with a father and mother, prevent fertile men and women from joining the armed forces. Certainly the husbands of pregnant women wouldn't be allowed to leave the country in his new regime of giving a stuff about children.

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