Continuing the social trend of separating sex from procreation, we are taking the next logical step after having sex without babies, (which many people thought would be great fun.) We now are entitled to have babies without having sex, (which I’m pretty sure is not as much fun.) The Illinois Dept of Insurance has declared that infertility treatment is available to women who do not have sex. Formerly, for infertility treatment to be covered, a woman had to show that she had had unprotected sexual intercourse for a year. Now, a woman with “the same medical condition” can be treated, whether or not they have had sex. As a practical matter of course, some women seeking infertility treatment have nothing medically wrong with them at all. They just do not want a male sex partner.
Naturally, Lambda Legal applauds this bold new step toward creating an entitlement for Manufactured Babies for All.