title: Utilisation of ART in single women and lesbian couples since the 2010 change in Victorian legislation.
abstract: Enactment of the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act (Vic) 2008 in January 2010 allowed single persons and same sex couples in Victoria to access reproductive treatments. A retrospective cohort analysis of Monash IVF patients was conducted to identify trends in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) use amongst single women and lesbian couples after January 2010. A 102.8% increase in the utilisation of ART was observed amongst the single women group and a 248.8% increase in the lesbian couple population.
authors.affiliation: Peninsula Health, Frankston, Victoria, Australia; Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fiske
authors.forename: Gareth
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weston
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D006801:Humans; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012847:Single Person; D014739:Victoria
keywords: artificial; female; fertilisation in vitro; infertility; insemination