Friday 5 January 2018

Offer transgender patients egg freezing, experts say

Offer transgender patients egg freezing, experts say Women and girls in the UK transitioning to become men should be able to have their eggs frozen by the NHS, the British Fertility Society has said.

Current guidance says cancer patients should be given the chance to preserve their fertility before undergoing treatment that can make them infertile.

But the BFS said transgender patients and women whose medicines can make them infertile should also be included.

The provision of fertility preservation treatment was "patchy", it said. BBC News

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