GTA TTC cysters: Pram Push for IVF Funding

one-hit_wonder · 04-18-2009, 02:50 PM

Toronto.
Mother's Day (Sunday, May 10) at 10 a.m.

Infertility patients, family, friends, and supporters are marching from Nathan Phillips Square to Queen's Park. Imagine a sea of people pushing empty prams...

Why? We want provincial funding for IVF, and we're going to make ourselves heard.

Bring a pram/stroller (or not), signs (or not), and march with us!

Canada is one of the few developed countries that generally does not offer IVF assistance (unlike countries such as Israel and England).

It doesn't seem to matter that taxpayers would actually SAVE money in the long run by funding IVF (due to savings from preemie care and HOM care).

It doesn't matter to the government that we have valid medical issues that should be treated the same as those of others.

It doesn't matter to the government that we can't have children (yet we keep having to pay school taxes for other people's children!).

Let's voice our feelings about this!

More info here.

mommy1 · 05-01-2009, 03:13 PM

Hi ladies! I received this as link in an email from a nurse at my clinic where I have been doing IVF. As many of you already know "we" are trying to push OHIP to cover infertility treatments. Here is the information incase any of you are able to go and support this cause. http://www.conceivabledreams.org/

mommy1 · 05-02-2009, 07:37 PM

Thank you OneHit for moving my post. I didn't realize you had already started one.