Gay father-to-be files human rights complaint alleging IVF discrimination

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An Ottawa man has filed a human rights complaint against the Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan and one of its insurance providers because he says the in vitro fertilization policy, which does not cover drugs for a surrogate, discriminates against gay men.

French teacher Greg Mountenay, 33, is set to be a first-time dad to a baby girl in May after almost three years of research into in vitro fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy.

It was early in 2022 when he learned fertility drugs for a surrogate were not covered by his insurance through his insurance plan (OTIP) because, according to an email from the executive director overseeing

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