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Women in the UK: are you planning on having a baby on your own using fertility treatment?

In vitro fertilisation, illustration
Why did you decide to undergo IVF treatment? Photograph: Sebastian Kaulitzki/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF

According to a report by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the number of UK women who are single and undergoing fertility treatment has more than trebled in a decade.

In total, 4,800 women without a partner had in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or donor insemination (DI) treatment in 2022. This represents a 243% increase from the 1,400 single women who had fertility treatment in 2012.

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