Oxford University Hospital is leading on a new study that calls for standard UK policy for people who need to preserve their fertility.
Due to spotty funding across the NHS, millions of people are denied access to treatments like freezing of reproductive tissue, eggs, sperm and embryos.
People undergoing gender re-assignment surgery or receiving hormone treatment are among those who lack access. In 2019, following demands made by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), NHS England told regional clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) they must not exclude transgender people, or those with a protected characteristic, from fertility preservation treatments.
Other people who are unlikely to be offered the opportunity to preserve their fertility include young girls undergoing cancer treatment, and those with recurrent endometriosis, or autoimmune conditions.
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