National Infertility Awareness Week and PETA

Perhaps it is coincidence that Mark and I are (finally!!) doing our IVF during the 2011 National Infertility Awareness Week (for more information click here: http://www.resolve.org/national-infertility-awareness-week/home-page.html).

Because we will be busy making babies during that week (yeah, I said babies....here’s to hoping for twins! LOL), I have decided to post about it this week. The organization RESOLVE, which is devoted to promoting, encouraging, and empowering the infertility community (http://www.resolve.org/about/) has asked that for the 2011 NIAW all of us Infertility Bloggers unite and Bust an Infertility Myth.

““Bust a Infertility Myth Blog Challenge” is brought to you by RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, the largest nationwide non-profit improving the lives of people diagnosed with infertility.  The goal of this challenge is to bring together bloggers from the infertility community as well as other bloggers interested in the topic to answer the question: What is the biggest infertility myth and how has it effected your life or the life of your friends and family members?”

I’m going to simmer on that idea for a little while, and post about it later this week. But until then, I’d like to share my outrage, disgust, and pissed-off-ness (yes, I just made that word up) about PETA’s "Win a Vasectomy" campaign IN HONOR OF the National Infertility Awareness Week. It’s just sick...to make fun of, to make light of, and to further victimize the infertility plight of millions in this country.

I can’t even tell you how irritated I am by this statement from PETA describing why they are honoring NIAW by giving away a vasectomy...the idiots stated:

“Human overpopulation is crowding out animal life on the planet, and dog and cat overpopulation is creating a euthanasia crisis that is a crying shame. Disappearing wilderness, vanishing water resources, and pollution is the price that future generations will pay for more human births...”

I honestly cannot even write anymore about this I am so pissed (hmm...maybe these hormones are finally getting to me haha). I will not do PETA a favor by linking to their site, as visiting their site will only satisfy them. Instead, you can take a look at this fellow blogger’s page: http://hannahweptsarahlaughed.blogspot.com/2011/04/open-letter-to-peta.html

If you feel so inclined, email Ingrid Newkirk, PETA President, directly at ingridn@peta.org to express your outrage. Although, from what I hear PETA has stopped sending out responses because they have been flooded with emails from the infertility community.