Shy bunny"A long-running battle between the NHS and the equality watchdog over transgender people’s right to access fertility services has ended with both sides claiming victory.
Guidance will be issued to all the country’s 200+ clinical commissioning groups – the NHS bodies that plan and commission services – saying that refusal to offer fertility services to people who are transitioning will need a strong justification. A failure to provide this could be challenged in court. However, in a move that will dismay some trans rights groups, NHS England need not instruct CCGs that they must offer the services, after the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) dropped its legal challenge."
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/31/transgender-fertility-row-ends-with-a-draw
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