The provincial government is not commenting on a report it plans to drastically scale back publicly-funding IVF services.
In 2010 the provincial government introduced the publicly-funded in-vitro fertilization program and at the time specialists believed the plan was rushed and premature.
At that time then-Health Minister Yves Bolduc predicted the province would pay for 7,000 treatments a year at a cost of $64 million by 2014.
The program proved to be incredibly popular, and cost the provincial government $60 million in 2013 and will cost $67 million this year.
The previous Parti Quebecois government began an examination of the program and launched a government panel to introduce new guidelines and recommendations.
Those recommendations are not complete, but current Health Minister Gaetan Barrette said the program is being re-evaluated and he will make a major announcement later this year.
There is the possibility of limiting IVF to infertile couples that have exhausted other options, unlike the current plan which Barrette has described as an "open bar" open to all who want a child. The IVF plan is reportedly popular with homosexual couples and with single women.
In June, a preliminary report indicated smokers could be denied access, and women could be required to try less costly alternatives before attempting IVF.
