Comments on: Wong highlights IVF inequity

By: SA bill attempts to end IVF discrimination | Star Online

SA bill attempts to end IVF discrimination | Star Online — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 04:45:12 +0000

[…] Finance Minister Penny Wong’s announcement that she and partner Sophie Allouache were expecting a child through IVF – and the assumption that they had to travel interstate to receive the treatment – recently drew attention to the discriminatory laws regarding access to IVF for lesbian couples. Read more here. […]

By: Oliver

Oliver — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:58:48 +0000

Good point Derek! thats a much better system

By: Derek McCue

Derek McCue — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:37:36 +0000

IVF is an unjustifiable expenditure of health dollars that could be better reallocated. removing all public subsidy and making it user pays is the fairest way to deal with this elective procedure. Removing government subsidy also means that the anti gay lobby loses its argument about the government funding alternative families. ie you get a user pays system that can be based on the interests of the prospective child.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:23:34 +0000

The eloquent proposition to live as freely as the next person, is compelling. There are politicians who are brave, and take leadership on Civil Rights.

“Barack’s got the courage to talk to skeptical audiences; not just friendly ones. That’s why he told a crowd at a rally in Texas that gays and lesbians deserve equality. Now, the crowd got pretty quiet. But Barack said “now, I’m a Christian, and I praise Jesus every Sunday.” And the crowd started cheering. Then he said, “I hear people saying things that I don’t think are very Christian with respect to people who are gay and lesbian.”

Michelle Obama 2008

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:05:59 +0000

I bet she does!

Wong also supports Marriage Equality now she is having a family.

I am certianly encouraged by her recent public support of Civil Rights, rather then towing the Labor Party line! Good to see her comming out on many Civil Rights issues.