The Labour Party is calling on the UK Government to urgently address a legal situation which prevents people with HIV from being able to use their own gametes when accessing fertility treatment with a same-sex partner (see BioNews 1155).
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting issued a message via the Gay Times Twitter feed on World AIDS Day: 1 December 2022.
'LGBT+ people living with HIV are still being denied the right to have their own children, even though heterosexual people with HIV are able to access fertility treatment.
'That's why, this World AIDS Day, I'm excited to announce that the next Labour government will equalise access to fertility treatment for LGBT+ people living with HIV so that everyone has the chance to start their own family.'
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