Long road to motherhood: Lesbians fight for IVF in Europe

Danielle Beazer and Stacey Pearson with daughter Willow Blue Pearson-Beazer at Burnham-on-Sea beach, December 19 2020. (Photo: Handout courtesy of Thomson Reuters Foundation / Stacey Pearson)

It took Leonie Plastina and her wife Sonja years of careful research – poring over LGBT+ rights laws and private medical costs in various European countries – to fulfil their dream of having children.

The Swiss couple consider themselves lucky…