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IVF Provision

Proceeding contribution from Alex Davies-Jones (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 October 2023. It occurred during Debate on IVF Provision.

The hon. Member is making a brilliant speech; I thank her for all her work in this area. One of the problems is that the societal stigma around fertility treatments persists and is quite vicious and vocal. Infertility is not seen as a disease, and it is not seen as something with equal weight to other conditions. We need to change this in schools. There has been a lot of talk today about the Government’s sex education programme. In school we are taught how not to get pregnant, but we are never told that we might not be able to get pregnant. There are serious conversations to be had about how to change the cultural stigma around fertility treatment. That starts with education in schools.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
738 c214WH 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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