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Public Health Scotland exploring whether single women could get IVF on NHS
Single people in Scotland are not eligible for IVF and some spend thousands on private treatment.
BBC News
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation where an egg is combined with sperm in vitro. The process involves monitoring and stimulating a woman's ovulatory process, removing an ovum or ova from their ovaries and letting a man's sperm fertilise them in a culture medium in a laboratory. After the fertilised egg (zygote) undergoes embryo culture for 2–6 days, it is transferred by catheter into the uterus, with the intention of establishing a successful pregnancy.
Single people in Scotland are not eligible for IVF and some spend thousands on private treatment.