{"id":158846,"date":"2022-06-04T17:36:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T17:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=158846"},"modified":"2022-06-04T17:36:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T17:36:19","slug":"polyamorous-throuples-given-ivf-so-they-can-have-kids-with-three-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/polyamorous-throuples-given-ivf-so-they-can-have-kids-with-three-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Polyamorous ‘throuples’ given IVF so they can have kids with three parents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Polyamorous "throuples" are now being offered fertility treatment at clinics so they can have kids with three parents, it has been revealed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) which provides treatment and terminations, says there is a demand for three parents who want children. <\/p>\n

One of the UK's largest IVF providers Care Fertility said they are happy to go forward with helping adapt to the desire of wanting a family. <\/p>\n

The idea behind offering would-be parents IVF over the chance to conceive naturally means the child would technically have two mothers. <\/p>\n

Care Fertility explained that a woman could supply an egg, fertilised by a man's sperm, so she could be the infant's biological mum. <\/p>\n

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Through a clinic, the embryo could then be placed into a second woman, who carries and births the baby, which would make her the baby's legal mother. <\/p>\n

According to the UK provider, another option would be for the child to have a biological dad, who gives their sperm as a donor, and another legal father, who is identified on the birth certificate.<\/p>\n

But lawyers have warned that if a breakdown in the relationship occurs, custody issues could arise, reports Daily Mail. <\/p>\n

Victoria Maxwell, an expert in family and fertility law at Bishop & Sewell, said: "We often assist in disputes where two people don\u2019t agree on decisions bringing up a child.<\/p>\n

"That is difficult enough \u2013 three people would bring a raft of further problems. People in a polyamorous relationship looking to have IVF should also be mindful that only one or two parents can be recognised as a child\u2019s legal parents."<\/p>\n

It is believed that around 2 per cent of Brits are or have been in a polyamorous relationship, according to YouGov figures. <\/p>\n

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