Access to medically assisted procreation treatments for women with a child, the gradual extension of the maximum age, up to 45 years in 2028, and the possibility of freezing oocytes by personal decision, without condition of illness, for women aged 30 and over (from 2028). ) in matters of public health are the main measures of the Galician assisted reproduction plan approved yesterday in the Council.
A breakthrough in access to these treatments that will make Galicia a “pioneer” community, as Sandidade councilor Antonio Gómez Caamaño explained yesterday during the post-Council press conference. So much so that the councilor himself admitted not knowing the possible impact that these measures would have due to the lack of references. “The first forecast we make of demand, which will then have to be adjusted, is around 650 women per year“, added Caamaño after being questioned by the media.
In addition, the plan provides for public health egg freezing for women with pathologies other than oncology from December, when there is a “clinical indication of risk of loss of fertility”, as in the case of women with endometriosis or in case of surgery. which carry risks in this regard, including operations on transsexual men.
Adoption deadlines
Measures worth 7.8 million euros that will be gradually implemented in the Galicia Health Service, which will guarantee a maximum time of 60 days between the request and the first visit to the consultation, in addition to a period of less than six months to start treatment.
In the case of the enlargement of the maximum age for access to inseminations or in vitro fertilizations, both for couples and for donors, will concern women up to 41 years old in 2025, 42 in 2026, 43 in 2027 and between 44 and 45 years old in 2028. For women who suffer from conditions other than cancer For certain diseases, such as endometriosis or surgical procedures that affect fertility, access to treatments will be available from December of This year.
On the other hand, women who want voluntarily postpone your pregnancy with egg freezing, this option will be offered by public health between 35 and 34 years of age in 2026, between 34 and 32 years of age from 2027 and between 32 and 30 years of age from 2028. For women who have difficulty conceiving or having a pregnancy after a first pregnancy, the deadline will be set for early 2026.
This increase in accessibility to treatments also includes an allocation of more than five million euros for improving staff and infrastructure, which will result in an increase in staff specialized in this service by more than double the current number , according to the councilor.
