The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday that it will expand in-vitro fertilization coverage to single, unmarried veterans and same-sex couples, according to a department press release.Previously, only married veterans who could "produce their own sperm [and] eggs" were eligible under the.
Active-duty service members whose infertility was caused by a significant military-related injury or illness no longer have to be married to access in vitro fertilization and can use donor eggs or sperm, as long as they pay for those gametes themselves.
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