According to Ms Kopacz, in the initial stage, reimbursement would cover the cost of medical treatment for the poorest Poles. It is estimated that if in-vitro fertilisation were reimbursed, between 25,000 and 28,000 procedures could be performed each year.
Infertility is recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a social disease, as about 25% of couples across the world have problems conceiving. In-vitro treatment is reimbursed in the Czech Republic, Hungary and also in France, where the state finances three attempts at in-vitro fertilisation, as the success rate of the procedure runs at about 40%.
The method meets with major objections from the Catholic Church in Poland, which considers it unethical.
Source: http://www.polishmarket.com/next.php?id=55702
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