Eileen Burbidge
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first heard Aug 2025
last heard Aug 2025
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It is.
You're right.
I count myself lucky that I am a parent and I have lovely children and a blended family at home now.
But it's not just about fertility.
I actually did have terminations in my 20s.
I suffered miscarriages in my 30s.
And then I did go through multiple rounds of IVF.
I do think IVF is incredibly important and just this most magical evidence of science and technology and medicine that is making a huge impact and really bringing joy to people, but also maybe on a broader scale, affecting or helping to contradict or address this fertility challenge that we have.
In terms of how it's accessed today, that is the big crux of the problem.
It's largely not accessible to the greatest proportion of people.
It's incredibly expensive.
In the US, it can get to over $15,000, maybe even $20,000 per cycle.
Most people across Europe and the UK are probably having to pay out of pocket some couple of thousand dollars.
In the UK, in the NHS, for example, there's some degree of support for some people, but it depends on where they live.
And so if somebody does want to go to a private clinic, you're talking about an average cycle costs about 5,000 to 10,000 pounds.
So I think the starting point is to consider how much the state or federal government can support, can subsidize, or at least signpost.
And then frankly, it's a lucrative commercial undertaking.
I think it's fair to say that IVF clinics, they're not charities, they're not not-for-profits, and they're doing extremely well.
And at the moment, the largest ones are backed by private equity insurers.
So does that mean that there could be some form of, I hate to say, regulation in terms of what are we providing or what do we feel we have a responsibility to citizens and to individuals for?
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