NUMBER OF WOMEN ATTEMPTING TO HAVE A SECOND CHILD WITH ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY AFTER RECEIVING CO-FUNDING FOR FIRST CHILD

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang

MP for Nee Soon GRC

Question No. 7291

To ask the Minister for Health (a) in each of the past five years, how many couples who have received co-funding from the Government for Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) to conceive their first child are attempting to have a second child through ART; and (b) what is the mean and median number of remaining ART treatment cycles that are eligible for co-funding from the Government for these couples.

Answer

1        Over the five years from 2018 to 2022, about 500 women each year attempted to have a second child through ART after having used ART co-funding previously to conceive their first child.  More recent data is not available. 

2        These women had a mean number of 3 unused co-funded ART cycles, or a median of 4 unused cycles, after the first child.