The British virgins who have IVF babies | Bioéthique & Procréation | Scoop.it

Some women seeking IVF have never had a relationship. A steady trickle of women seeking IVF in Britain are single women who have never had sexual intercourse. And because the National Health Service only subsidises IVF for women who “have been trying to get pregnant through regular unprotected sexual intercourse” for two years they have to pay at least £5,000 for each treatment cycle.