We jt want to be mums... married lbian uple's legal w agast 'gay tax' on fertily treatment - after they were told they would have to pay to 'prove' fertily before beg eligible for NHS help | Daily Mail Onle

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• WE JT WANT TO BE MUMS... MARRIED LBIAN UPLE'S LEGAL W AGAST 'GAY TAX' ON FERTILY TREATMENT - AFTER THEY WERE TOLD THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO 'PROVE' FERTILY BEFORE BEG ELIGIBLE FOR NHS HELP
• LBIAN UPLE W IVF ‘GAY TAX’ BATTLE
• GAY UPLE HOP TO TAKE UP NHS'S IVF SURROGACY OPTN
• A LBIAN COUPLE IS CHALLENGG THE U.K.’S “GAY TAX” ON FERTILY TREATMENTS
• IVF & SURROGACY FOR GAY COUPL

WE JT WANT TO BE MUMS... MARRIED LBIAN UPLE'S LEGAL W AGAST 'GAY TAX' ON FERTILY TREATMENT - AFTER THEY WERE TOLD THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO 'PROVE' FERTILY BEFORE BEG ELIGIBLE FOR NHS HELP

They lnched their fertily equaly mpaign 2020 after learng that the l around fertily treatment are different for gay vers heterosexual upl. Campaigners said the st of provg fertily n be as high as £25, 000 to 30, 000 and brand the requirement a gay tax. Married lbian uple's legal w agast 'gay tax' on fertily treatment - after they were told they would have to pay to 'prove' fertily before beg eligible for NHS help Published: 01:38 BST, 23 July 2023 | Updated: 08:14 BST, 24 July 2023.

A married lbian uple have celebrated a 'victory for equaly' their legal battle agast the NHS's so-lled gay tax on fertily Ban-Evans, 36, and Whney Ban-Evans, 35, have whdrawn a High Court se agast their lol NHS branch after offered same-sex female upl equal accs to lnched the bid after learng lbian upl had to pay for 12 rounds of treatment to 'prove' fertily before beg eligible for NHS help. Campaigners say this n st £25, 000 to 30, 000, labellg the requirement a 'gay tax' ntrast, straight upl jt have to tell doctors they have been tryg to nceive for two years to get ee and Whney, who are fluencers known on social media as 'Wegan', said the NHS's cisn was 'a great step to achievg fertily equaly' that ma them 'very hopeful' for the future.

LBIAN UPLE W IVF ‘GAY TAX’ BATTLE

Married lbian uple's legal w agast 'gay tax' on fertily treatment - after they were told they would have to pay to 'prove' fertily before beg eligible for NHS help. A lbian uple who lnched a legal battle over equali IVF treatment between heterosexual and same-sex upl have dropped their fight after their lol re board pledged to make treatment sts media fluencers Megan and Whney Ban-Evans lnched a landmark “gay tax” discrimatn se after NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (ICB) said same-sex upl, sgle women and upl unable to have vagal terurse would have to pay for 12 rounds of IVF before qualifyg for NHS assistance. IVF is available to qualifyg same-sex upl on the same basis as heterosexual upl, but many areas the NHS do not fund fertily treatment volvg a surrogate, meang that gay men are effectively exclud.

The reports were weled by LGBT mpaign group Stonewall: 'Everyone should be able to have a fay and we wele any move than ensur lbian, gay, bi and trans people have fair and equal accs to fertily treatment. Influencers Megan Ban-Evans, 34, and her wife Whney, 33, om Wdsor Berkshire, have acced their clil missng group (CCG), Frimley, of penalisg them fancially bee of their uple, known to their 220, 000 followers across YouTube, Instagram, Twter, Facebook and TikTok as “Wegan”, shot to fame as bloggers and LGBT+ role mols 2009, featurg on the BBC’s Bra’s Relatnship Secrets documentary and the realy bridal show Say Y to the started a petn for equal treatment November last year after beg “shocked and vastated” at the barriers to startg their fay unr the current l, which are often dubbed a “gay tax”. Fd out about startg a fay if you're lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or non-bary.

GAY UPLE HOP TO TAKE UP NHS'S IVF SURROGACY OPTN

One same-sex uple told that their experience of tryg to accs NHS-fund fertily treatment ed them to feel, for the first time their life, a 'ep sadns at beg gay'.

And ’s certaly ls expensive than gog through the whole procs aga after havg a first more: Why we still need Pri: 'I was fired and evicted for beg gay'What are the misnceptns about IVF for same-sex upl? “This don’t jt affect gay women, but also bisexual and sgle women, and dividuals wh wombs, ” the uple wrote on their crowdfundg page, addnally notg that their CCG vers 800, 000 people across several regns the south of England, and that many other CCGs have siar discrimatory polici.

“One same-sex uple told that their experience of tryg to accs NHS-fund fertily treatment ed them to feel, for the first time their life, a ‘ep sadns at beg gay, ’” Perez said a statement on the uple’s crowdfundg page, addg that “the need for reform is urgent.

A LBIAN COUPLE IS CHALLENGG THE U.K.’S “GAY TAX” ON FERTILY TREATMENTS

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IVF & SURROGACY FOR GAY COUPL

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