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Single women can't get IVF on the NHS

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CateB78 · 03/11/2023 07:46

Interesting piece about how NHS will start paying for IVF for same sex couples, but if a single woman wants IVF on the NHS she needs to pay thousands for artificial insemination first. Is that fair?

https://news.sky.com/story/fertility-inequality-how-single-women-are-facing-ivf-discrimination-and-financial-strain-12996293

Fertility inequality: How single women are facing IVF discrimination

Single women have been left out of a new government policy that was meant to level up access to NHS-funded IVF. They are required to spend thousands of pound...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCdyo_ipiHo

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NotOnnMyWatch · 12/05/2024 19:18

Sounds like BS to me

NotOnnMyWatch · 12/05/2024 19:28

Funnily enough, at around 32 I approached my GP for information about my fertility / potential fertility issues as I had been diagnosed with PCOS. Being responsible and organised, I wanted to be informed and aware of where I stood and what issues I might face, and to get ahead of it in terms of exploring my options.

I was simply told that they wouldn’t look into any of that until I had a partner. (I was single at the time.) Their process was to check the male first. Didn’t even enter his mind that I might be looking for a same-sex partner or even that I might want to know about my own body regardless of whoever I ended up with.

Also given zero information about how to manage PCOS (including that I am at high risk of diabetes and should therefore adjust my diet accordingly). Pricks.

Still makes me angry now, some years later.

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