If you do not have money or time it requires to adopt a child, you can now participate in the first IVF lottery
The controversial lottery, recently licensed by the British Gambling Commission, will sell tickets worth £20 (R215) online. Every month one winner will be eligible to receive fertility treatments, the costs of which amount up to £25000 at high-class clinics. There are no entry restrictions, so single or gay, as well as elderly players will be able to participate in this first of its kind lottery.
Those who win will be taken to the clinic in a limo, and have the hospitalization and accommodation costs covered. On top of that they will receive a mobile phone so that they are able to contact medical staff any time. If standard IVF procedure fails, they will be able to get donor eggs, reproductive surgery, or even a surrogate birth.
Though according to Josephine Quintavalle, who represents the ‘Comment on Reproductive Ethics’ group, the lottery demeans the whole nature of human reproduction. She said: “Creation of human life should not be reduced to a public lottery. Instead of this, should not more be spent on research into fertility problems?"
The proceeds from the lottery will be transferred to the ‘To Hatch’ charity, whose aim is to support childless couples and people who have trouble conceiving. ‘To Hatch’ chairwoman Camille Strachan said she founded the charity to provide help for women who struggle to get IVF treatment which is hardly affordable for most people. Many IVF treatments were suspended recently due to tight budgets. "We hope the To Hatch Lottery can ease the burden of the NHS and reduce the stress slightly on some of those who are struggling," said Strachan.
