In this presentation, Kate Osborne – Labour MP for Jarrow and Gateshead East, and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fertility – expresses 'profound disappointment' at the recent update to the NICE Fertility Guideline (see BioNews 1334), and discusses how access to fertility treatment should be improved.
This presentation was originally recorded for the PET event 'Accessing Fertility Treatment: Challenges and Solutions for LGBTQ+ Communities'. (If you can't see the film embedded above, you can watch it on YouTube.)
Kate Osborne has discussed the updated NICE Fertility Guideline in this article in the Chronicle. She has also sponsored an Early Day Motion in Parliament, calling for fertility funding access for LGBTQIA+ people.
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