Department of Health and Social Care – Press release – People with HIV can now donate eggs or sperm to start a family

Change in law will allow people with non-transmissible HIV to donate gametes to partners.

• Thousands of same-sex couples with non-transmissible HIV are now able to donate eggs or sperm to their partners, giving more people the chance to become parents
• Law changes will also remove additional screening costs for female same-sex couples undergoing reciprocal IVF
• Update is part of work by government to improve access to fertility services

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act will be amended via a statutory instrument to allow people with non-transmissible HIV – with a viral load low enough not to pass on – to donate eggs or sperm, known as gametes, as part of fertility treatment to their partners.

Under current rules on in vitro fertilization (IVF), only a male partner with HIV can give their sperm to their female partner and not to anyone else.

The law change will also eliminate extra screening costs for female same-sex couples undertaking reciprocal (shared motherhood) IVF treatment. It is part of wider work to improve access to IVF for everyone and ensure same-sex couples have the same rights as a man and woman when trying to conceive.

Published on the 15th of May 2024. Read the full news here.

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