#men infertility

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What is the right age to be a father? Men Infertility

There is a myth very popular in society. People talk about woman and point out their faults when she is not able to conceive. They say it must be because of her age or her hormones or something else. Anyhow they just count and see her faults. Noone points at the man and nobody even thinks about men infertility. And this is a serious concern. Men should also look within themselves. It is not just…

[cuckedbyannak]

Shoot it when it belongs!

[hjartasalt]

Cis men will never have to worry about being forced to keep a pregnancy and give birth to a child against their will. Trans men do.

This literally does not apply to all trans men at all. This is not a worry I have ever had in my life as a trans man. Stop trying to find things that separate us because there is nothing that unites all trans men or all cis men except the fact that they are men.

[winterprince601]

symbolically, dany (probably) not being able to have kids is very powerful. throughout the first book, her worth as a queen, threat as a conqueror and value as a body is determined by her ability to breed: the prospect of a son overshadows all her achievements and her body is used and abused as the vehicle of her brother's, her husband's and various other men's conquests. that is why it is so radical when instead of her barrenness being depicted as defective, she births the dragons all by herself, all of herself, without any real male intervention. SHE is the true dragon, it's in HER blood, HER power and she flips the terms of reproduction so that she is the one inscribing meaning into lifeless matter, animating clay. any marriage she now enters will be far more on her bodily terms. in fact, there doesn't have to be a husband or a son or even a legacy - she defines daenerys and she defines targaryen.

of course, personally this is still heartbreakingly sad for someone like dany who desperately wants a home and family. even as it potentially grants her more autonomy and forges a very important maternal bond with her dragons, daenerys is still left feeling isolated from and through her body.

[sukibenders]

"Why did they make Michael into Michaela? They took away one of the hottest men in Bridgeton now!" Okay, now it's one of the hottest women in the show. What's the issue now? Still got Francesca and Michael, in a way.

"Francesca's infertility plotline is ruined now! It was so important in the books!" Why can't she still have this particular plot, while still being with Michaela? Why is that suddenly erased now that Michael is a woman? Do you not believe that sapphic woman can't also struggle with infertility? There are multiple ways that the show can still incorporate this.

"Why are they making everyone gay now? It was fine when it was just Benedict but now-" I'm going to stop you right there. What's wrong with having more than one queer character? There are multiple straight people in the show, and in most forms of media, but you draw the line at having more than one gay/queer person? Imagine what it's like for other queer people to not be represented or to only have that one person be a vessel for the entire community. Doesn't sound very fair right? Another thing, because I see a lot of people who say this call themselves "allies", it doesn't sound very supportive when you say things like this. It doesn't instill confidence in your support for the queer community when you can't even fathom the possibility of more than one queer person on your screen without complaint. It's okay to be a little bummed out about the change, but to use rhetoric like above feels very...it leaves a sour taste in the mouth personally.

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Children of Men - Dir. Alfonso Cuarón - 2006

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They don’t even have kids…but he’s being bred I guess so A for effort (this image just entered my head and wouldn’t leave so I’m subjecting you to it)

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Nothing to say? She must be right.

[coochiequeens]

“Our aim is to guide them through their surrogacy journey with the support of leading Irish solicitors, fertility experts, and child psychologists. By bringing together these professionals, we hope to empower intended parents with the knowledge and resources they need to make informed decisions and navigate the complexities of surrogacy with confidence and care.” - Seamus Kearney Martone. And will there be any conferences for potential surrogate mothers so the can know the risks and their rights during g and after the pregnancy?

By Beatrice Fanucci Fri 30 August 2024

This article is about a surrogacy conference hosted by Irish Gay Dads. In the photo, two dads laughing and doing homework with their kids while sitting on the floor in front of a sofa. Via Shutterstock - DGLimage.

Irish Gay Dads is hosting a free and informative conference titled Embracing Parenthood: Navigating the Surrogacy Journey for Same-Sex Couples. The event is set to take place on Saturday, September 7, at the Maldron Hotel Merrion Road.

As a support and advocacy group, Irish Gay Dads aims to provide a safe space where gay fathers and fathers-to-be can connect, share experiences, and celebrate the joys of fatherhood. Their goal is to empower and inspire members throughout their journey to becoming a parent and beyond.

Through the conference on September 7, Irish Gay Dads will facilitate comprehensive and ethical discussions on surrogacy for the LGBTQ+ community in Ireland. Featuring talks on the legal, practical, and psychological aspects of surrogacy, the event will cover every stage of the journey, making it suitable for people who are just beginning, currently in the process, or already have children via surrogacy.

The lineup of speakers includes family law solicitor Annette Hickey, former Chair of the Litigation Committee of the Law Society of Ireland Fiona Duffy, reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist Ravi Victory, behavioural psychologist Louise Cleary, nurse manager Lisa Hogan, and more.

Speaking about the conference, Chairperson of Irish Gay Dads Seamus Kearney Martone said: “We are hosting this conference to ensure that intended parents, whether considering domestic or international surrogacy, have access to safe, ethical, and comprehensive information.

“Our aim is to guide them through their surrogacy journey with the support of leading Irish solicitors, fertility experts, and child psychologists. By bringing together these professionals, we hope to empower intended parents with the knowledge and resources they need to make informed decisions and navigate the complexities of surrogacy with confidence and care.”

The event is sponsored by the firms of two of the top surrogacy solicitors in Ireland: Fiona Duffy from Patrick F. O’Reilly & Co. Solicitors and Annette Hickey from Poe Kiely Hogan Lanigan Solicitors.

Commenting on the event, Annette Hickey said: “I am so delighted that Irish Gay Dads have arranged such an important information event during this time while we await the commencement of legislative provisions.

“I would encourage and advise all intended parents who are making huge decisions about their surrogacy journeys to speak with Irish Gay Dads and other Irish surrogacy advocacy groups who you can trust before signing any documents with an international agency.

“This event will help intended parents come to a decision about their surrogacy journey with the professional assistance of those who care about you and your family,” Hickey concluded.

To register for the Embracing Parenthood: Navigating the Surrogacy Journey for Same-Sex Couples conference hosted by Irish Gay Dads, follow this link. For more information and support, visit irishgaydads.ie and follow them on Instagram.

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atp we no longer got any fertile omega men left

[orrsoared]

me if we trade ullmark for chychrun

[bubbles081021]

Women's healthcare is such a joke. You know what's wrong but since you're a woman you're never taken seriously. And they want to force you to carry a pregnancy and keep your period gone with birth control. The problem isn't my period. The problem is that you don't listen to me. No one knows my body better than me.

[cuckedbyannak]

Valid question

[coochiequeens]

There are very few issues this blogs agrees with the Pope on but surrogacy is one of them.

Olivia Maurel was born in the United States in 1991 through surrogacy. Now, she is campaigning to have the practice banned around the world. Maurel met Pope Francis on Thursday as part of her role as the spokesperson for the Casablanca Declaration for Abolition of Surrogacy.

BY NICOLE WINFIELDUpdated 12:44 PM EDT, April 5, 2024

ROME (AP) — An international campaign to ban surrogacy received a strong endorsement Friday from the Vatican, with a top official calling for a broad-based alliance to stop the “commercialization of life.”

A Vatican-affiliated university hosted a two-day conference promoting an international treaty to outlaw surrogacy, be it commercial arrangements or so-called altruistic ones. It’s based on the campaigners’ argument that the practice violates U.N. conventions protecting the rights of the child and surrogate mother.

At issue is whether there is a fundamental right to have a child, or whether the rights of children trump the desires of potential parents.

The conference, which also drew U.N. human rights representatives and experts, marked an acceleration of a campaign that has found some support in parts of the developing world and western Europe. At the same time, Canada and the United States are known for highly regulated arrangements that draw heterosexual and homosexual couples alike from around the world, while other countries allow surrogacy with fewer rules.

Pope Francis in January called for an outright global ban on the practice, calling it a despicable violation of human dignity that exploits the surrogate mother’s financial need. On Thursday, Francis met privately with one of the proponents calling for a universal ban, Olivia Maurel, a 33-year-old mother of three.

Maurel was born in the U.S. in 1991 via surrogacy and attributes a lifetime of mental health issues to the “trauma of abandonment” she says she experienced at birth. She says she was separated from her biological mother and given to parents who had contracted with an agency in Kentucky after experiencing infertility problems when they tried to have children in their late 40s.

Maurel says she doesn’t blame her parents and she acknowledges there are “many happy stories” of families who use surrogate mothers. But she says that doesn’t make the practice ethical or right, even with regulations, since she said she was made to sacrifice “for the desire of adults to have a child.”

“There is no right to have a child,” Maurel told the conference at the LUMSA university. “But children do have rights, and we can say surrogacy violates many of these rights.”

She and proponents of a ban argue that surrogacy is fundamentally different from adoption, since it involves creating a child for the specific purpose of separating him or her from the birth mother for others to raise as their own.

Monsignor Miloslaw Wachowski, undersecretary for relations with states in the Vatican secretariat of state, concurred, saying the practice reduces human procreation to a concept of “individual will” and desire, where the powerful and wealthy prevail.

“Parents find themselves in the role of being providers of genetic material, while the embryo appears more and more like an object: something to produce — not someone, but something,” he said.

He called for the campaign to ban the practice not to remain in the sphere of the Catholic Church or even faith-based groups, but to transcend traditional ideological and political boundaries.

“We shouldn’t close ourselves among those who think exactly the same way,” he said. “Rather, we should open up to pragmatic alliances to realize a common goal.”

The Vatican’s overall position, which is expected to be crystalized in a position paper Monday on human dignity, stems from its belief that human life begins at conception and must be given the consequent respect and dignity from that moment on. The Vatican also holds that human life should be created through intercourse between husband and wife, not in a petri dish, and that surrogacy takes in vitro fertilization a step further by “commercializing” the resulting embryo.

As the conference was getting underway, Italy’s main gay family advocacy group, Rainbow Families, sponsored a pro-surrogacy counter-rally nearby. The aim was to also voice opposition to proposals by Italy’s hard-right-led government to make it a crime for Italians to use surrogates abroad, even in countries where the practice is legal.

“We are families, not crimes,” said banners held by some of the 200 or so participants, many of them gay couples who traveled abroad to have children via surrogate.

A 2004 law already banned surrogacy in Italy. The proposed law would make it illegal in Italy for citizens to engage a surrogate mother in another country, with prison terms of up to three years and fines of up to 1 million euros ($1.15 million) for convictions.

Participants at the rally complained that the law would stigmatize their children and they denied anyone’s rights or dignity was violated in the surrogacy process, which they noted was legal and regulated.

“All parties involved are consenting, aware,” said Cristiano Giraldi, who with his partner Giorgio Duca used a surrogate in the U.S. to have their 10-year-old twins. “We have a stable relationship with our carrier, our children know her. So actually there is no exploitation, there is none of the things that they want the public to believe.”

In the U.S., Resolve, the National Infertility Association, which advocates for people experiencing infertility problems, has criticized any calls for a universal ban on surrogacy as harmful and hurtful to the many people experiencing the “disease of infertility.”

“Resolve believes that everyone deserves the right to build a family and should have access to all family building options,” Betsy Campbell, Resolve’s chief engagement officer, said in a telephone interview. “Surrogacy, and specifically gestational carrier surrogacy, is an option.”

She said the U.S. regulations, which include separate legal representation for the surrogate and the intended parents, and mental health and other evaluations, safeguard all parties in the process and that regardless less than 2% of pregnancies in the U.S. using assisted reproductive technology involves surrogacy.

“Most people do not expect to have infertility or to need medical assistance to build their families,” she said. “So when non-medical people speak about IVF and surrogacy in a negative way, it can be very discouraging and make an already challenging journey all the more challenging.”

Velina Todorova, a Bulgarian member of the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child, told the Rome conference that the U.N. committee hasn’t taken a definitive position on surrogacy, but that its concern was the rights of children born via the practice.

It was a reference to legislation to prevent parents from being able to register the births of children born through surrogacy in their home countries.