Fathers aren't needed say MPs: Commons decides IVF babies can do without a male role model
Fathers were last night effectively declared an irrelevance in modern Britain.
The requirement for fertility doctors to consider a child's need for a male role model before giving women IVF treatment was scrapped by MPs.
In a free vote, they swept away the rule despite impassioned pleas that the Government plan would "drive another nail into the coffin of the traditional family".
Labour rebels said it would send entirely the wrong signal to society as Britain faces a crisis in responsible parenting. The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, had warned it would remove the father from the heart of the family.
He accused the Government of putting the interests of "consumers" who want to become parents before the welfare of children. ...
Mr Duncan Smith said there is clear evidence that children growing up without fathers are more likely to fail in school, develop drug addiction and alcohol problems.
"This is common sense," he insisted. "All we are saying is, 'Take consideration of the need of a child for a father', not, "If you don't have a father you will never get treatment".'
No social good can come of this decision
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