While hopeful parents can sign a surrogacy agreement, these are not enforceable by law. To view this media, you’ll need to log in to Twitter. Meanwhile, the NHS in Wales offers fertility treatment to gay male couples, but has a policy that says: “Surrogacy IVF will only be provided where no other fertility treatment options are available” and only for “medical reasons”.Īside from funding, would-be parents are also affected by laws which mean the surrogate remains the child’s legal guardian until a parental or adoption order is signed. This content might not be appropriate for people under 18 years old. In Northern Ireland, IVF is only offered to women with demonstrated fertility problems. The pair, who both made it through to the live. Publicly funded surrogacy is significantly more complicated in England, where 200 clinical commissioning groups set their own rules for eligibility. TWO X Factor contestants in a secret gay relationship almost revealed their romance on Snapchat before quickly removing the incriminating snaps. That changed more than two years ago when the Scottish government voted in favour of allowing anybody - regardless of sexuality or gender - to access fertility treatment.Ī spokesperson for the Holyrood confirmed last year that surrogacy for male same-sex couples would be funded following the rule change.