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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker

Number of single women undergoing IVF has tripled over the past decade

The number of single women starting a family without a partner has more than tripled over the past decade, figures from the UK’s fertility regulator suggest.

Solo women now represent around 7 per cent of all patients in the UK undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF), up from about 3 per cent in 2014, according to the latest data from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).

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