Waireka wrote:canterella wrote:I believe that only breast reductions for cases of bad back pain/headaches should be funded by the state because there is no alternative to the op.
The breast cancer drug is way too expensive, too specific for a small minority of women, that it's simply not viable to be funded unless you cut out other vital health services.
Infertility - if you really really love and want children (not exclusively just your own flesh and blood), there's an adoption alternative, or perhaps even fostering. I'm not sure if childless couples are legally allowed to foster though.
Cosmetic surgery - sorry but it could open too big a can of worms where we would end up paying for botox for the over 30es.
They are allowed to foster, but knowing the child will never be 'yours' and the CYFs will be the middleman in your relationship with these kids until they are 18?
It has already been mentioned that Adoption rarely happens in NZ and that people have to look to Asia and Eastern Europe for Adopting children. Which would be insanely expensive I imagine.
And it may be so - but how many other vital health services need to be cut because of people who are on expensive IVF treatments, and who after many botched attempts just cannot come to terms with the reality that they simply cannot concieve?
I would think that if you want a child so badly, then even a short attempt at fostering which can produce very positive results for both parties in the process, can be hugely rewarding, maybe even more so than having your own child. Or eye-opening in the matter of raising children, if it goes bad.