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Ac­cess to as­sisted re­pro­duction

Find out how to access assisted reproduction. This page also contains a list of public fertility clinics.

The legal gender of an individual does not affect their eligibility for assisted reproduction treatment. What matters is whether it is a person who can conceive.

Read more about the rules forParentage registration here on the website.

Fertility clinics are available in both public and private sectors.
In public fertility clinics, examination and treatment are free of charge. However, you may need to cover part of the treatment. For example, you will need to cover the cost of any medication required during the treatment. You will receive a subsidy according to the subsidy rules. Read more about 
subsidies for medicines on sundhed.dk. 

Find a list ofpublic fertility clinics on sundhed.dk. .

Assisted reproduction treatment is not covered under the rules for extended free choice of hospital. This means that you are not entitled to use a private fertility clinic without covering the costs yourself, even if there is a waiting list for treatment at a public fertility clinic. However, it is possible to receive assisted reproduction treatment in the form of insemination treatment by a private practitioner with a subsidy from the public sector.

Conditions for access to assisted reproduction

The following conditions must be met to receive assisted reproduction treatment:

  • The age of the person who can conceive must not exceed 46.
  • The person who would like to become pregnant and the prospective partner must not be considered unfit to parent. Read more aboutthe parental fitness assessment on this website.
  • There must be a medical indication for treatment with assisted reproduction. This means that if a person who can conceive and a person who can produce sperm wish to undergo assisted reproduction, treatment can generally only begin after 12 months of unsuccessful attempts to conceive without assistance. This does not apply to single individuals wishing to become pregnant, or couples consisting of two people assigned a female gender at birth.

In addition to the conditions outlined in the Act on Assisted Reproduction and related guidelines, the fertility clinic may set other requirements for access to treatment. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the regions to decide their level of service at public fertility clinics. The conditions must remain within the law on assisted reproduction, etc., and must not be discriminatory.

The regions have decided, within the framework of the law, that assisted reproduction treatment is only offered to individuals under the age of 41 at hospitals in the region. Furthermore, the regions have decided to offer up to three insemination cycles and up to three IVF (in vitro fertilization) treatments.

The fertility clinic must conduct a health assessment to evaluate the health prerequisites for receiving assisted reproduction treatment for the individual seeking pregnancy. Therefore, it is the fertility clinic that decides what treatment can be offered to you in your situation. Here, the fertility clinic may consider factors such as BMI and gender-affirming treatment.

If you have any questions about publicly funded assisted reproduction treatment in your region, contact your local patient advisor.

The contact information for the patient advisors in your region is available here:

Access to having a second child

In the regional hospitals, a condition for undergoing assisted reproduction through IVF treatment is that single individuals able to conceive must not already have children, and couples must not have children together. This means that IVF treatment aimed at having a second child can generally only be pursued at your own expense at a private fertility clinic.

However, it is possible to receive assisted reproduction treatment in the form of insemination treatment by a private practitioner with a subsidy from the public, regardless of whether you and your potential partner already have children.

If you have frozen eggs left after a treatment to have baby number one, you have the option of using those eggs to have baby number two via IVF treatment at a public fertility clinic and with subsidies from the government. If a couple consists of two individuals who are both able to conceive, the following scenarios would result in the couple being considered to have joint children, making them ineligible for IVF treatment at regional hospitals:

  • If one partner has given birth to a child using assisted reproduction treatment, and the other partner has consented to this and signed a declaration of co-motherhood.
  • If one partner has given birth to a child and the other has adopted the child.

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