Herman MaysWomen who get #IVF treatments are overwhelmingly white (75%) with comparatively greater household income (81%, > $100k). It is no surprise that to the GOP an embryo is a protected person in the context of poor people getting elective abortions but suddenly now not a person anymore when it comes to wealthy white couples seeking IVF. There are fewer if any more clear examples of how squishy, arbitrary, and politically convenient "personhood" is defined.
Disparities in access to fertility care: who’s in and who’s out
To study the racial and socioeconomic characteristics of women seeking fertility care in a state with mandated insurance coverage for fertility testing and treatment.Cross-sectional, self-administered survey.Academic fertility center in Illinois.Of 5,000 ...