"Unauthorized reproduction"

[Jeunemaitre]

http://www.nuvo.net/archive/2005/10/05/una...production.html
http://www.in.gov/legislative/interim/co.../hfco.html

Either this is a joke or the governing people that are sponsoring this legislation are a bunch of idiots.
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I started typing out a long post listing all the things that offended me about this proposal, but then I realized that this is just plain ridiculous. The proposal would restrict the ability of certain physicians to accept patients seeking assisted reproductive services. Being someone whose sought such services, there is already a huge barrier for people seeking these services. Most insurrance policies carry no benefits for assisted reproductive services, and many flex-spending programs do not include these services a qualifying expenses. At a cost of about $10k per cycle of ivf (with success rates on the first cycle between 50% and 80% depending on the clinic and couple), or even for couples or women who seek only artificial insemination at half the cost, this is a significant investment for most people.

Let the legislature stay involved in the practice of law, and let them not be involved in the practice of medicine. They have the duty to evaluate applicants for adoption because they seek to receive a child which is in the care of the state. They do not have a duty to evaluate the fitness of a patient or pateints seeking to create life.