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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jane Kirby

Trans people ‘denied chance to preserve fertility on the NHS’

A human embryo on the tip of a needle in blue. Alamy/PA.

Some trans people are being denied the chance to preserve their fertility on the NHS due to a postcode lottery, experts have said.

A new study found patchy care for freezing eggs and sperm, while young girls undergoing cancer treatment – and women who cannot delay chemotherapy – are unlikely to be offered the option to preserve their ovarian tissue.

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