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Originally Posted by JustJess
And thus that would mean she'd be liable for my infertility.
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Bingo. This isn't a "viewing women as nothing more than baby factories" problem. This is a medical malpractice and liability problem.
Frankly, this is where we end up by being as insanely litigious a culture as we are. This is the result. It's not that medicine is sexist, it's that it's been forced to cover its ass against any potential future liability--and putting oneself at risk of liability for a woman's infertility is a MASSIVE deal. And it's ridiculous in many cases, but there you have it. The cost of malpractice insurance forces doctors to do ridiculous things sometimes.