French parliament votes to extend IVF rights to lesbians and single women

Under current law only heterosexal couples can access medically assisted reproduction methods

French gay rights campaigners are celebrating a milestone for equal rights after parliament finalised adoption of a bill giving lesbian couples and single women access to fertility treatment for the first time.

Under current French law, only heterosexual couples have the right to access medically assisted procreation methods such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF).