The 14th episode of the Progress Educational Trust podcast documents our discussion of whether and in what circumstances single people should be able to access publicly funded fertility treatment, featuring contributions from Dr Sarah Martins da Silva, Dr Alan Brown, Dr Catherine Jones and Professor Guido Pennings.
(If you can't see the podcast episode embedded below, you can listen to or download it via Spreaker.)
Listen to "Fertility Treatment for Single People: Who Should Pay?" on Spreaker.
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We would like to thank Jon Nicoll (who created the opening and closing music for our podcast), and also the Scottish Government (which supported the event featured in the 14th episode).
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