Image: Shutterstock/posteriori Image: Shutterstock/posteriori UP TO €2 million in funding for IVF and fertility treatment is set to be announced by government tomorrow.
This is being described in government circles as the “first step in the roll-out of the model of care for infertility”.However, the HSE states that 85% of couples will conceive a child naturally after one year of trying.Those that do need IVF can expect to pay between €4,000 and €4,500 for one course of IVF treatment. The costs can escalate above this amount depending on what treatment is necessary and how many rounds of IVF a couple goes through.
At the moment, advanced AHR treatment, such as IVF, is not available within the public health care system, but is accessed through the private sector.Pre-legislative scrutiny of the scheme which covers areas such a range of practices, including sperm, egg and embryo donation, surrogacy, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis of embryos, posthumous assisted reproduction as well as embryo and stem cell research, has taken place this year.
To try and make up for the babies they’ve already killed?