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French ethics committee backs IVF for gay, single women

Emmanuel Macron promised during his presidential campaign to widen access to assisted reproductive technologies beyond straight couples.

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Single women and gay women should have access to in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive technologies, France’s national consultative committee on bioethics (CCNE) said Tuesday in a widely anticipated opinion, reports Politico.

The review by external advisers aims to inform the government’s policy on a range of topics from end-of-life care to egg freezing, ahead of an overhaul of France’s bioethics laws expected this year.

In advocating for wider IVF access, the document said: “Access to a technique that is already allowed [for other parts of the population] does not cause any harm to the people involved.”

The French health system currently only provides assisted reproductive technologies for straight couples.

Read more of this report from Politico.