Because I dared to tweet this, people using the #IStandWithJKRolling hashtag are on the offensive. Telling me that I have no right to a family though surrogacy (1/3)https://twitter.com/benjamincohen/status/1308357671708434434 …
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Replying to @GraceDarney @benjamincohen
Hi, this is only defensible as a non-homophobic argument if you agree this means the NHS shouldn't cover IVF for anyone, including infertile straight couples, who are by far the majority of the people using this service
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Replying to @GraceDarney @benjamincohen
Surrogacy is not paid for by the NHS Commercial surrogacy is banned in the UK
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Wait....but you just said people should adopt. So by your argument, wouldn't the adoption process also "rob a child of their mother"???
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Replying to @neuroticalme @GraceDarney and
She means only straight couples, I assume!
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Replying to @ZenkaWistram @neuroticalme and
She probably assumes it's like the movies and all children "up for adoption" had both biological parents die in a sudden train crash
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Cool, then don't propose adoption as a solution for infertility that somehow doesn't "deprive a child of its mother"
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Replying to @GraceDarney @arthur_affect and
Please give a good reason to have a baby that can't apply to *any* couple that wants a baby. (I'm preemptively disqualifying "I want to continue my genetic lineage" as not a good reason, or at least no better than any other reason.)
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