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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill

In a moment; let me just develop my argument. As for the focus on what is surely the most important issue of all—the welfare of the child who will be born—the British Medical Association put the matter rather well in its briefing:"““We have consistently rejected the idea of applying inflexible rules on access to fertility treatment, believing instead that each application should be considered on its merits. Assessments ""should be made on the individual factors in each case rather than on blanket restrictions applied to certain categories of people or family arrangements.””" I could develop that further: it is perhaps not entirely accurate to say that there are ““blanket restrictions””, but there are hurdles for some groups of people with particular family arrangements. Surely that is not right. Surely the test should be to consider in each case the welfare of the child that would be born.