Senate Bill 1259 is a much-needed protection for people trusting in their health-care providers. This bill would make it illegal to inseminate a patient without their explicit consent. Let's be honest though, how ridiculous is it that laws are needed to define fertility fraud illegal and as sexual assault. Although, I think it is ridiculous for sexual assault perpetrators to only have to serve 6 months-2 years in state jail with the potential of up to a $10,000 fine. This light sentence is ridiculous for sexual predators, and especially in this situation where they are all but condemning an unconsenting woman to carry and parent their child.
I had no idea that fertility doctors using their own sperm instead of the consented-to and agreed-upon donor's sperm was a common problem. I genuinely thought that health-care providers were more trustworthy (and a vast majority probably are) but this greatly diminishes my trust in them, and I'm sure many other people's trust as well.
The positive aspect of this bill is that it helps to establish the need for clear, explicit consent. It also helps to establish legal codes of conduct for some health-care providers with whom women should be able to trust in vulnerable situations.
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