Published 3 years ago

France to legalise IVF for lesbians after two-year debate

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French parliament passes bioethics bill to give all women under 43 access to IVF. Until now, the technology was restricted to heterosexual couples where one partner was infertile. Single women and lesbian couples often traveled to Spain, Belgium or Denmark to have children. Bill also loosens rules on egg and sperm freezing, previously only allowed for donation purposes.

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Times of India

France to legalize IVF for lesbians, single women

Europe News: France's lower house of parliament is set Tuesday to approve a law that will allow single women and lesbians access to medically assisted reproduction

3 years ago·India

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BBC News

French lesbians and single women to get IVF rights

After years of heated debate France extends fertility treatment to lesbians and single women.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Yahoo News

French MPs legalise IVF for lesbians, single women

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Guardian

French parliament votes to extend IVF rights to lesbians and single women

Under current law only heterosexal couples can access medically assisted reproduction methodsFrench gay rights campaigners are celebrating a milestone for equal rights after parliament finalised adoption of a bill giving lesbian couples and single women access to fertility treatment for the first time.Under current French law, only heterosexual couples have the right to access medically assisted procreation methods such as in vitro fertilisation…

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

France legalizes IVF for lesbians and single women

France's lower house of parliament on Tuesday definitively adopted a law that will allow single women and lesbians access to medically assisted reproduction for the first time.

3 years ago·Canada

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Reuters

France allows IVF for single women, lesbians

France's parliament adopted legislation on Tuesday that will allow single women and lesbians access to in-vitro fertilisation, unwinding some of Western Europe's strictest rules governing medically assisted pregnancies.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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