Katie, a mother from Sussex, is advocating for equal access to fertility treatments amid significant regional discrepancies in funding. After experiencing the emotional and financial struggles of five IVF cycles, she co-founded Fertility Access UK to raise awareness about the injustice in fertility treatment availability. Currently, only 27% of IVF cycles are funded by the NHS, a decline from 40% in 2012. Through a parliamentary meeting, Katie aims to highlight how arbitrary age limits affect treatment access, emphasizing the urgency of policy changes to support those facing fertility challenges across the UK.
A woman in Hampshire who is 35 has already been aged out, but here in Sussex you can be 42 and still get it. It's just bizarre and so unfair.
I know of hundreds, if not thousands of women and men, who are desperate to be parents and simply because of money they're not able to and I think there's too much injustice.
I had a sudden realisation that if I wasn't in the position that I'm in right now, I probably wouldn't be a mother today.
Fertility Access UK says while one-in-six people will have fertility issues, only 27% of IVF cycles were funded by the NHS in 2022.
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