https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Spanish government on Wednesday confirmed it will restore state-funded fertility treatment to singles, bisexual women and lesbians, also extending it to transgender persons capable of conceiving who can access IVF on the national health system. https://www.thelocal.es/20211110/spain-restores-free-ivf-to-singles-lesbians-and-now-trans-people Wed, 10 Nov 2021 18:22:36 +0100 spain-restores-free-ivf-to-singles-lesbians-and-now-trans-people The general trend of Spanish and foreign women getting pregnant later in life, lenient legislation and foreign demand have made Spain the go-to place for fertility treatment. https://www.thelocal.es/20160615/how-spain-became-the-eldorado-of-fertility-treatment Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:21:33 +0200 how-spain-became-the-eldorado-of-fertility-treatment A Spanish woman whose husband died in France last year won the right on Tuesday to use his frozen sperm and continue the in vitro treatment the couple had started before he died. https://www.thelocal.es/20160601/spanish-woman-can-use-dead-husbands-sperm-french-court Wed, 01 Jun 2016 11:05:22 +0200 spanish-woman-can-use-dead-husbands-sperm-french-court The first baby girls tested before conception for a genetic form of breast cancer have been born in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20160204/spain-welcomes-birth-of-breast-cancer-gene-free-baby-girls Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:27:45 +0100 spain-welcomes-birth-of-breast-cancer-gene-free-baby-girls Spanish singer-songwriter Antonio Orozco has just completed the gig of his life: singing live to 380 embryos to prove the power of music. https://www.thelocal.es/20150710/singer-serenades-380-embryos-in-world-first Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:19:05 +0200 singer-serenades-380-embryos-in-world-first The Spanish government on Tuesday approved a move which will prevent single women and lesbians in Spain from accessing publicly funded fertility treatments. https://www.thelocal.es/20130724/spain-limits-access-to-fertility-treatments Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:51:00 +0200 spain-limits-access-to-fertility-treatments The Spanish Government is looking at barring single women, lesbians and older couples from access to assisted reproduction technologies like IVF in the country's hospitals. https://www.thelocal.es/20130719/spains-lesbians-and-singles-face-ivf-hurdle Fri, 19 Jul 2013 19:27:03 +0200 spains-lesbians-and-singles-face-ivf-hurdle