Thailand Plans Policy Blitzkrieg to Boost Birth Rate From Seven-Decade Low
- Laws to be amended to allow single, LGBTQ parents have kids
- State hospitals to offer infertility treatments, IVF facility
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Thailand plans to amend laws to make it easier for single parents and members of the LGBTQ community to have children and offer infertility treatment through state hospitals as part of a campaign to reverse a decline in birth rate to a seven-decade low.
The Health Ministry plans to change laws to provide access to reproductive technology to young men and women who are keen to have children but have no partners, according to a statement from the government.