Does everyone have the right to have children?
In the present culture there has been a major dispute to the question, “Does everyone have the right to have children”. Firstly I will cover all of the arguments that are concerned with the view that “everyone has the right to have children”. The first major argument that can be formed is the one concerned with the Human Rights act, this act incorporates the view that any person is able to have a child no matter what sex, race, colour, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status they belong to. Infertility is a medical condition and to many it is a devastating fact portrayed through mental and social aspects of life, people sometimes forget that they should try to treat infertility instead of looking for other options which lead to obtaining a child. Fewer British people receive fertility treatments in comparison to any other European country; this is according to the latest statistics. Only a tiny proportion of such procedures are paid for by the NHS, with the result that they are prohibitively expensive for many. Most people in the UK pay tax so they have the right to have fertility treatment as the money they give through tax is spent on other people thus they deserve to utilise the NHS. It is a biological need for people to reproduce thus everyone has the right as we are all humans united together by definite characteristics. We all strive to live in an egalitarian society, thus to create this utopian society we must live in a just manner allowing everyone to have access to the same medical equipment and treatment. Through fertility treatment children can be tested for inherited diseases so the child can be born healthy.
