Many heterosexual couples who cannot conceive after 12 months of trying are deemed infertile and can then qualify for IVF and surrogate coverage so they can have biological children of their own. Sometimes the man or woman cannot produce sperm or eggs and a donor is used for one or the other.
Same sex female couples qualify for IVF in New York. So one of them can provide the egg and with donor sperm can become pregnant. Or if they cannot carry a baby if their own they can us a surrogate with their own egg and donor sperm.
Same sex male couples could do the same with one of their own sperm and a donor egg and surrogate to carry the baby.
New York doesn’t cover that scenario, while it does cover all the other scenarios, for couples and even single people.
Therefore, it’s not fair, according to the lawsuit.
It has nothing to do with men getting pregnant. Just wanting to have a child that is half of them biologically.
I hope that clears it up better.
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A former NYC employee has filed a class action lawsuit against the city for denying him and his partner in vitro fertilization benefits.
www.usatoday.com