The department of Veterans Affairs will soon provide in vitro fertilization to eligible veterans who are single or in same-sex marriages — coming after criticism of the agency’s lack of reproductive benefits for some veterans.
The VA announced Monday that it will also provide IVF to veterans using donated sperm or eggs.
This announcement comes after lawsuits filed against the Department of Defense and VA in New York and Boston last year argued that some VA policies, including IVF care, were exclusionary to LGBTQ+ members of the military.
VA Secretary Denis McDonough said in a statement that the expansion of care has long been a priority for the VA.
He added that “raising a family is a wonderful thing.”
“I’m proud that VA will soon help more Veterans have that opportunity,” McDonough said in the statement.
