Barriers facing queer women and trans people trying to access NHS-funded IVF treatment have been removed, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed.
Until now, they had to pay up to £25,000 for private healthcare before being able to access the services – or give up their hopes of becoming parents entirely if they could not afford to do so.
In contrast, cisgender heterosexual couples had to try to conceive for two years before getting access to funded IVF treatment.
However, it was confirmed on 20 July that the requirement for queer women and trans people to pay for artificial insemination to prove their fertility status has now been dropped.