Single women being offered IVF on the NHS
“It’s one thing for a mother to find herself a single parent because of tragic circumstances. It’s quite another to plan for a situation where the child comes into the world without having a father or any possibility of having a father.” Most local health authorities stipulate that couples must have been in a relationship for two or three years to qualify for IVF treatment.
That requirement is based on guidance issued in 2004 by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice), the NHS rationing body,.
It states: “Couples in which the woman is aged 23–39 years at the time of treatment and who have an identified cause for their fertility problems ... or who have infertility of at least three years’ duration, should be offered up to three stimulated cycles of in vitro fertilisation treatment.
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"Most local health authorities stipulate that couples must have been in a relationship for two or three years to qualify for IVF treatment."
ReplyDeleteThey shouldn't be allowed to facilitate unmarried conception at all, it doesn't matter how long the couple WAS in a relationship, what matters is that they are legally committed to REMAIN in a relationship and have officially consented, which also assures that they are eligible to marry to begin with.