On the one hand I agree that it is unfair that it is paid for for married couples and not in other cases. On the other hand we already have too many people on this planet and also if you can’t afford 13,000 Euros in fertility payments you can certainly not afford to raise a child.

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Newly single after a breakup, at the age of 36 Marriette started having hot flashes and was diagnosed with premature ovarian insufficiency and already in perimenopause.

She remembered one incident in particular when she was in a surgical gown waiting for surgery and the anesthesiologist approached her with a syringe full of anesthetic and a credit card machine.

“People who really want to have children and are deprived of publicly funded support can resort to risky behaviors, like casual sex or trying to inseminate themselves with a syringe filled with sperm, because it’s too expensive to do it in a clinic or not even allowed.”

“Behind [the current regulations] there’s also an outdated image of the family, namely the classic heterosexual, married couple, even though in Germany we now have same-sex marriage,” Taupitz told DW, adding there’s a lack of political representation needed to exert real pressure for change.

"Until now, I haven’t heard any concrete plans from the government to take any measures to address the issue of funding for infertility treatment or to change the current situation.

She has explored the possibility of adopting a child, but that turned out to be just as difficult, with long waiting lists and a bureaucratic system that almost always favors married couples with two incomes.

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