French couples turn to Belgium for rights to same-sex parenting

2,758 views · Published 8 November 2018 · 5:55 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: FRANCE 24 English · 2018 · News & Politics

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In September, France's highest ethics committee said that access to medically assisted procreation should be expanded to single women and same-sex couples. With surrogacy currently illegal and treatments such as IVF reserved for heterosexual couples, many women pay the heavy price of going to a clinic in a neighbouring countries.

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