Wednesday 21 August 2019

‘Nothing less than offensive’: Fury after NHS region denies IVF to single women

‘Nothing less than offensive’: Fury after NHS region denies IVF to single women An NHS region has barred single women from receiving IVF treatment - a policy that has been condemned as discriminatory by a Labour MP.

NHS South East London’s guidelines state that women who seek fertility treatment should be in a “stable relationship”.

“Because of the known disadvantage that providing assisted conception to a single woman would cause both the child and the mother, funding of assisted conception for single women is not available,” the policy reads. The Independent

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