I am a single woman, can I have fertility treatment?
Yes. There has been an increase in the number of single women seeking IVF treatment along with lesbian couples.
It is seen as discriminatory to refuse treatment to single women because they don’t have a male partner. However, this is seen as controversial by campaigners for the traditional family set up who see this as undermining the definition of a nuclear family.
There is also the problem of funding as some PCT’s are hard pressed to fund couples never mind single people.
More information about this can be found on the HFEA website.
Infertility treatment FAQS Guide Index:
- I am a single woman, can I have fertility treatment?
- I am in relationship with another woman, can I have fertility treatment?
- How do I find a fertility clinic?
- What questions should I ask the specialist?
- What is an assisted reproductive technique?
- Do I need to take time off work during treatment?
- How long does treatment take?
- Does infertility treatment hurt?
- What is IVF?
- What is GIFT?
- What is IUI?
- What is ZIFT?
- What is ICSI?
- What is ‘genetic screening?’
Infertility Guide
- Infertility Guide
- what is infertility?
- infertility myths
- infertility facts
- female infertility
- medical conditions
- emotional aspects of infertility
- donor insemination
- infertility and your general practitioner
- fertility success rates
- fertility treatment abroad
- infertility tests
- infertility treatment
- infertility faqs
- the cost of infertility tests and treatment
- ivf (in vitro fertilisation) and gift (gamete intra fallopian transfer)
- finding a fertility clinic
- male infertility
- miscarriage
- pregnancy tests
- Fertility Extension
- glossary