NHS support to conceive.By contrast, heterosexual couples become eligible for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) after having two years of unprotected sex "with no evidence required", Whitney said."You're looking at essentially £50,000 you'd have to pay just to be on an equal playing field with a heterosexual couple," she said.Whitney said the number of people who have "reached out with a positive response" has made them realise "this does not affect just us, it affects the whole community"."It just shows there is such a need for what we're really campaigning for," she said.The pair's lawyers are hoping the court hearing will take place in January but that depends on whether they can get their case expedited.