Pentagon To Provide IVF Services To Same-Sex Couples

The Military Times reports:

The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs now provide in vitro fertilization services to all eligible beneficiaries regardless of their marital status, finalizing changes promised by the federal agencies earlier this year.

The new policies allow anyone who has service-connected infertility to use either department’s program, lifting previous requirements that only married, heterosexual couples using their own sperm and eggs could participate.

Now, eligible troops and veterans can access IVF regardless of their martial status or sexual orientation, and they may use donor eggs or sperm ― changing a policy that previously discriminated against those whose infertility affected their ability to produce gametes.

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Going forward, eligible U.S. troops and veterans can access IVF regardless of their martial status or sexual orientation. https://t.co/pEPHvGWPLr

— Military Times (@MilitaryTimes) March 11, 2024

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