in vitro fertilisation. Lesbian couples and single women who want to have a child have had to travel abroad.The bill was first passed in the National Assembly in 2019 but had a difficult passage through parliament, after the right-wing dominated Senate proposed numerous amendments.
However, a majority of MPs are to back the legislation in Tuesday's final vote. The Inter-LGBT association said it will welcome the change, while describing it as a “forceps birth” and lamenting the time it has taken.Some activists, members of specialist committees and MPs expressed concern in debates about the absence of fathers for such babies, the fact that medical procedures such as IVF would be used for reasons other than biological infertility, the impact.