id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-288935-uwpkb6lm Cavaliere, Giulia Non-essential treatment? Sub-fertility in the time of COVID-19 (and beyond) 2020-08-31 .txt text/plain 2019 95 47 But -and there is a 'but' to all this -for fertility patients and those longing to have (their own, genetically related) children, questioning the social value of fertility treatments, and what is, to them their preferred parenthood project, may come across as disregarding something that they feel very strongly about. While I would argue that it is important to question the social value of genetic relatedness and mitigate the negative effects that social norms can have on women and couples, I have also strong normative and conceptual views on the need to protect and promote prospective parents' reproductive freedom and enable them to satisfy their preferred parenthood project. Framing fertility treatments as 'essential' and a priority for the state during a pandemic, and increasing funding in normal times may lend support to the view that having a genetically related child is indeed the only valuable way of becoming a parent. ./cache/cord-288935-uwpkb6lm.txt ./txt/cord-288935-uwpkb6lm.txt