Access to PMA, “fertility check-up”… what are Emmanuel Macron’s announcements to boost the birth rate ?

In this interview with Elle, the Head of State renews his opposition to surrogacy (GPA) MAXPPP – MOHAMMED BADRA/POOL

The President of the Republic gave a long interview to the women's magazine "Elle" where he returns to several subjects considered important for the female electorate: PMA, fertility check-up, better access to PMA and oocyte conservation, birth leave… hellip;

President Emmanuel Macron announced, in an interview with Elle magazine this Wednesday, May 8, that he wants to improve access to medically assisted procreation (MAP) and specifies his vast plan against ;infertility which will begin with a complete assessment for everyone around the age of 20.

The Head of State announced this plan to boost the birth rate during a press conference on January 16. "Every woman must freely dispose of her body. But one figure stands out to me: the fertility rate is 1.8 and the rate of desire to have a child stands at 2.3, he declared to the women's magazine in this interview covering several subjects considered important for the female electorate.

Reduce the time it takes to access a PMA

He specified that his plan to combat infertility would be based around "prevention", from "course" and the "research". He thus affirms that a "fertility check-up", around the age of 20, would be offered to all and reimbursed by health insurance in order to '"establish a complete assessment, spectrogram, (or) ovarian reserve".

"We are going to organize campaigns in favor of self-preservation of oocytes for women who want to have children later", he also indicated. To reduce waiting times to access a PMA, which are currently 16 to 24 months, Emmanuel Macron intends to open to private centers for oocyte self-preservation" which was "until’reserved for hospital establishments".

Against GPA

On the other hand, the Head of State renews in this interview with Elle his opposition to surrogacy (GPA). "I say it again, I am not in favor of it. It is not compatible with the dignity of women, it is a form of commodification of their bodies", he insists. "That said, I obviously think that the parents of children born through surrogacy abroad must be respected and supported. They are loving families,” he adds.

A recurring subject of political discord, GPA resurfaced in the news at the end of April with a tweet from Marion Maréchal. The head of the Reconquest list in the European elections reacted to the announcement of the paternity of fashion designer Simon Porte Jacquemus and her husband with a message asking &amp ;quot;where is the mother ?". "I was shocked by the way in which this controversy arose, and by what it says about the homophobia of certain French political parties", confided Emmanuel Macron.