Marea Goodman, a midwife and founder of queer parenting group Pregnant Together, advocates for inclusive parenting support. They highlight the challenges queer and solo individuals face in accessing fertility care, stemming from a societal model focused on heterosexual couples. Goodman calls for systemic changes in fertility clinics to utilize inclusive language and procedures, asserting that everyone deserves the chance to parent. The rise in same-sex parenting reflects a shift towards acceptance, yet barriers remain in the fertility sector, leaving many feeling overwhelmed and unsupported in their journeys to parenthood.
"For a lot of queer people, or solo people, it can be hard to make that leap. We don't really have in our society a model for how you can become a parent when you're not part of the heterosexual majority or coupled."
"Fertility clinics arose out of a need to support heterosexual people who are experiencing infertility. Many expectant LGBTQ+ parents aren't prepared for how long, expensive, or unsupported, the conception process can be."
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