translated from Spanish: Historic failure decrees is that Isapre must pay for lesbian couple fertility treatment

During this day, and according to the information provided by the Movement of Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movilh), and reported by The Clinic, the Superintendency of Health decided to rule in favor of a lesbian couple who sued their Isapre so that – as such – he would be responsible for the payment of fertility treatment. Regarding the decision of the Superintendency, Ramón Gómez, in charge of the DDHH area of the Movilh indicated that “This failure is a milestone because it sets a precedent that will allow other women to follow the same path and can access this coverage, h far unrecognized”. The problem is that, in different health instances, both public and private, to date it is required to cover assisted reproductive treatment that women are infertile or have difficulty conceiving, a situation that de facto excludes lesbian couples. And following that perspective is that insurer Isapre Vida Tres denied coverage of this medical procedure to the couple, arguing that at the time of the health declaration they had not claimed to be infertile, but “A cisgender woman cannot make another woman pregnant, so it should be considered as a primary infertility from the moment they want to conceive” Gomez said, this is why the couple had to spend a year on hold in order to prove that they could not have children naturally, a bewildering measure, but after which they were eventually allowed access to treatment. Eventually Gomez indicated that “Unfortunately, homoparental couples still have to resort to courts to have the same rights as the rest and that makes progress in LGTBI matters often through criminal, non-legal proceedings.”

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