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I can care less what benefits two private companies have chosen to provide to their employees.
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Think ... oh yeah, who pays for it?
Won't be me because I don't have any Apple products nor do I use Facebook. I won't be buying any Apple products or using Facebook in the future either, this decision by them plays no role in that but if I was so inclined and found their decision to be against my moral views I could always take my business elsewhere.
That's the way it is supposed to work and should work.
I think it is a nice benefit for those women that it is relevant for. On the other hand, that opens up the debate on how old is really too old to have a child while still being physically able to fulfill easily the demands of motherhood.
I think it is a nice benefit for those women that it is relevant for. On the other hand, that opens up the debate on how old is really too old to have a child while still being physically able to fulfill easily the demands of motherhood.
This is a life saver for young women with cancer, autoimmune disease, or reproductive issues whose treatments destroy fertility.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I went to a reproductive specialist to talk about my options. I was told that if I was a man, my insurance would cover sperm banking. If I was in a stable relationship, my insurance would cover embryo banking and retrieval. My insurance would not, however, cover egg banking. Since I was 23, right out of college, and a serious relationship had just ended a few months prior, I was single and would have to pay the full cost out of pocket - over $15,000 up front plus medication and yearly storage fees in the hundreds. It was something my specialist lamented and called ridiculous, hating to have to give this speech to most single women who came into his office due to cancer.
It's really horrible knowing the exact moment where you could no longer have a child and knowing that it was completely preventable. The $15,000 I couldn't afford on top of tens of thousand of dollars worth of copays, medications, and over the counter meds that the cancer itself cost me will now be $20-$40,000 to adopt while pregnancy is completely covered by my health plan.
Kudos to Apple and Facebook for making sure young women don't find themselves in the position I am now in.
This is a life saver for young women with cancer, autoimmune disease, or reproductive issues whose treatments destroy fertility.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I went to a reproductive specialist to talk about my options. I was told that if I was a man, my insurance would cover sperm banking. If I was in a stable relationship, my insurance would cover embryo banking and retrieval. My insurance would not, however, cover egg banking. Since I was 23, right out of college, and a serious relationship had just ended a few months prior, I was single and would have to pay the full cost out of pocket - over $15,000 up front plus medication and yearly storage fees in the hundreds. It was something my specialist lamented and called ridiculous, hating to have to give this speech to most single women who came into his office due to cancer.
It's really horrible knowing the exact moment where you could no longer have a child and knowing that it was completely preventable. The $15,000 I couldn't afford on top of tens of thousand of dollars worth of copays, medications, and over the counter meds that the cancer itself cost me will now be $20-$40,000 to adopt while pregnancy is completely covered by my health plan.
Kudos to Apple and Facebook for making sure young women don't find themselves in the position I am now in.
It is not a life-safer but I do agree that it is important option for a young women who has a serious illness like cancer that undergoes the chemo which would destroy their option of having their own biological child in the future. But when one can't have their own biological child, there are other options such as adoption, etc.
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