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How London Women’s Clinic is standing for fertility equality
As the sun rises on the final Sunday in March, children all over the UK will be turning their kitchens upside down as they try to make their mothers breakfast in bed. The celebrations for Mothering Sunday will begin. Similar will happen in June for Father’s Day and again in November for Trans Parent Day. And more and more LGBTQIA families are able to take part.
BY YASMIN VINCE
There are many routes LGBTQIA families can take to becoming parents, including IVF. In fact, according to one of the latest Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) reports, LGBQ+ women are one of the fastest-growing groups making the most of UK fertility treatment, doubling how many are having IVF or donor insemination treatments in just two short years. Despite this, the LGBTQIA community still experiences discrimination when seeking reproductive healthcare from the NHS. Just 16% of LGBQ+ women get funding for their first IVF treatment, compared to the 52% of opposite-sex couples.