Petition · past parliament · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Recognise fertility treatment at a European Clinic as 'essential travel'
Closed
68 signatures
What the petition asks
Patients treating infertility, a confirmed medical condition, their treatment clinic can reside in Europe due to the condition being treated ie/ egg donation, sperm donation. We want the government to deem travel for fertility treatment as 'essential travel', the same as other medical conditions.
We are asking the UK Government to help fertility patients who need to travel abroad for treatment - this isn't the path we chose but this is our heartbreaking reality. UK and European governments to allow fertility patients to travel with a medical document and negative COVID test within 72 hours of travel. Infertility is a medical condition, that is fact. Patients undergoing treatment for such should be allowed to travel for medical reasons and it should be classed as essential travel.
Timeline
| 12 Jan 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Jul 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
68
Status
Closed
Department
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Opened
12 Jan 2021
Closed
12 Jul 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.