Denying single women IVF is a cruel policy that belongs in the past | Genevieve Roberts

The idea that solo mothers are a ‘burden on society’ is morally bankrupt, bigoted and flagrantly incorrect

When I look at my newborn son, whose eyes crinkle as he smiles, and his older sister who wakes each morning asking to give him cuddles, I find it hard to believe that the NHS would describe our family as a “burden on society”.

But, because I’m a single mother who used fertility treatment and a sperm donor to conceive my children, this is how NHS South East London sees us.

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