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Bill would require fertility benefits for lesbians
Baltimore Sun ^ | 18 Mar 2015 | Michael Dresser

Posted on 03/19/2015 3:09:55 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze

If Fiona M. Jardine had a husband, the expensive fertility treatments she's now undergoing would be covered by her health plan. But Jardine, 29, is married to a woman, so she and her wife have to pay out of pocket.

A bill that would grant married lesbian couples the same fertility treatment benefits as husbands and wives is advancing in the Maryland General Assembly.

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Maryland has required state-regulated health insurance plans that offer pregnancy-related benefits to cover the costs of in vitro fertilization since 2000. It is one of a dozen states that require coverage of the procedure, which involves fertilizing the egg outside the woman's body and implanting the embryo in the uterus.

That law includes a requirement that only the husband's sperm can be used in any covered in vitro procedure — a provision that excludes lesbians using donated sperm.

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: freakstate; homosexualagenda; lesbianfertility; morehomostuff
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Hiking prices for health care in a deep blue state is an unrelenting program.
1 posted on 03/19/2015 3:09:55 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Not it!


2 posted on 03/19/2015 3:11:14 PM PDT by bolobaby
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To: Sgt_Schultze
Obligatory Video
3 posted on 03/19/2015 3:13:11 PM PDT by Salgak (Peace Through Superior Firepower. . . .)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Shouldn't it only cost 2.50 at the dollar store and a free ad on craig's list?

4 posted on 03/19/2015 3:13:16 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Salgak

Where did you find that? AMV Hell?


5 posted on 03/19/2015 3:14:11 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: bolobaby

I could post something but it would be in bad Baste....


6 posted on 03/19/2015 3:14:42 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

The World Turned Upside Down...


7 posted on 03/19/2015 3:17:09 PM PDT by TheDon (BO must be replaced immediately for the good of the nation and the world!)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Lesbian infertility is self-inflicted. Why should I have to pay for that?


8 posted on 03/19/2015 3:17:34 PM PDT by Gamecock (Joel Osteen is a minister of the Gospel like Captain Crunch is a Naval officer.)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Once again
treating children as rights
and NOT
as people.

Get a puppy.


9 posted on 03/19/2015 3:19:01 PM PDT by kidd
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To: GraceG

Something my oldest found years ago, during her AMV phase. . .


10 posted on 03/19/2015 3:20:06 PM PDT by Salgak (Peace Through Superior Firepower. . . .)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Most lesbians don’t want chillun, so why is this necessary.

Same for homo’s. They don’t want kids either.

Wait a minute. I’m good lookin, 51 and I don’t want children...Ooops...

LOL


11 posted on 03/19/2015 3:24:37 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

wouldn’t it be cheaper just to do a one night stand with some guy ???

Maybe the other woman’s brother ???


12 posted on 03/19/2015 3:32:04 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Sgt_Schultze

I can’t take it anymore. Really, I just can’t take this crap anymore.


13 posted on 03/19/2015 3:33:09 PM PDT by ZULU (Je Suis Charlie. . GET IT OBAMA, OR DON'T YOU??)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Soon, you’ll in blue states will pay for SRS and male pregnancy costs. Yes, I will say it will happen in 5 years for adult SRS... and maybe 10 years for minor’s SRS...


14 posted on 03/19/2015 3:40:51 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

“But Jardine, 29, is married to a woman, so she and her wife”-

There is free speech in this country, so she/they can call that relationship whatever they want-but that does not make it real-they are not “married” and she does not have a “wife”...


15 posted on 03/19/2015 3:47:35 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

I don’t care how many times they scissor, they ain’t gonna conceive.


16 posted on 03/19/2015 3:49:22 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Bush / Clinton 2016! Clinton / Bush 2020! Uniparty Forever!)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

How did such a thing slip by the obamacare writers? This will be one of the many items they got wrong that will get fixed...you can betcha’....


17 posted on 03/19/2015 3:50:35 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Gamecock
Exactly right. There's no reason at all to think these women are actually infertile.

Moreover, even if they were infertile, IVF does nothing to treat or cure infertility. The World Health Organization defines infertility as the inability of a sexually active, non-contracepting couple to achieve pregnancy via intercourse in one year.

IVF does nothing to help a couple achieve pregnancy via intercourse. It does not address the underlying problem.

18 posted on 03/19/2015 3:54:34 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Seriously.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I’m seeing South Park in your comment. Haha!


19 posted on 03/19/2015 3:54:49 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: Sgt_Schultze
Would coverage for egg donations and surrogate mothers also be offered to homosexual men who want to have their own children? After all, it's about equality, right?

To those of you who think I'm promoting the rights male homosexuals, I'm not. I'm just trying to show how stupid, not to mention expensive, this could be.

But if Maryland is stupid enough to go forward with this, let them.

20 posted on 03/19/2015 4:05:16 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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