State-funded fatherlessness

There is an interesting story in the Daily Mail about a welfare-dependent woman who obtained free fertility treatment on the NHS and is now raising a fatherless child (all ingredients to get the Daily Mail on its high horses). Fertility ‘treatment’ has been around no doubt for as long as humans have: either in the form of concoctions that you consume or rituals that you perform to enhance fertility. Nevertheless, there is an important question: is there a human right to fertility services and is the desire of the woman to conceive the only factor worth considering? Like many things, there is no right or wrong answer. As a minimum, the state should not help bring into the world children who will be fatherless. The best environment for a child to grow up in is with both parents.