(Financial Times) – As more people enter their late thirties and forties without a long-term partner, within that group is a growing demographic — mostly women — choosing to embark on parenthood alone.

The number of single patients undertaking fertility treatments including IVF and donor insemination in the UK rose from 305 in 1999 to 4,660 in 2022, according to data from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. (Read More)