France plans legalising assisted reproduction for gay women
French gender equality minister Marlène Schiappa said a bill of law establishing the right for lesbian couples and single women to have access to artificial insemination in France will be put before parliament next year.
TheThe right of lesbian couples and single women to have access to assisted reproduction was “a matter of social justice” and will likely be legislated next year, a French government minister said on Tuesday, reports Reuters.
The move would mark a significant extension of gay rights in France, where violent protests preceded the legalization of same-sex marriage and adoption by homosexual couples in 2013.
“It was a campaign promise. It will be honoured,” Marlène Schiappa, minister for gender equality, told BFM TV. She said a bill would likely pass through parliament in 2018.
Current legislation means that gay women with sufficient funds travel abroad for artificial insemination while other women without the financial means cannot. Schiappa said that was unjust.
