More same-sex couples and single parents using IVF to start families, figures show
More same-sex couples, single women and surrogates are using in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment, news figures show. According to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) – the UK’s independent regulator of fertility treatment and research using human embryo – more than 54,000 patients underwent around 75,000 fertility treatments in 2017.