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For lesbians and queer folks, IVF access is about more than fertility

The cost of IVF can make starting a family seem like a very difficult reality for same-sex and queer couples.  WORDS BY NICOLE GARCÍA MÉRIDA HEADER BY ANISA CLEAVER More than half of European countries prohibit access to assisted reproduction for lesbians and queer couples – but even in countries where IVF is legal and accessible to LGBTQIA+ folks, there remains a serious barrier: the price. Take the UK, for example: queer couples’ access to IVF on the NHS is fundamentally messed up. While cis-heterosexual couples only have to try…

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New hope for breakthrough fertility technique that could help same-sex couples

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) scientists have released new research that could help some LGBTQIA+ couples have their own biological children. The new technique, called in vitro gametogenesis (IVG), involves turning a skin cell into a viable egg. OHSU scientists took a skin cell from a mouse and removed the nucleus before implanting it into a donor egg before manipulating the nucleus to lose half of the chromosomes. This reduction of the chromosomes is the main differentiation to cloning and how DNA from two donors can be present, compared…

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Nicola Adams welcomes first baby with girlfriend Ella Baig

Olympic gold medallist and former boxer Nicola Adams has announced the birth of her first child, a baby boy, with girlfriend Ella Baig.  On Instagram, Adams shared a sweet black and white photo of herself and Baig cradling their baby’s feet and a snap from the delivery bed showing the couple donned in hospital robes smiling down the camera lens. “The first moment we laid eyes on you we felt an instant love and the strongest bond,” Adams wrote. “We went to the moon and back to get you and…

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Olympic boxer Nicola Adams expecting first baby with partner Ella Baig

The former boxing champion Nicola Adams and partner, Ella Baig, have announced they are expecting their first child together. Adams took to social media to share that her “family is expanding” and she was “so excited” by the news. Taking to Twitter and Instagram, the 39-year-old shared a photo of herself with Baig and an image of an ultrasound scan. “We’re so excited to announce that our family is expanding. After what feels like a lifetime, we can finally say we’re going to be parents!” the post read. “We’re so…

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