Maria Walsh MEP: “It takes a village – that’s the image I’m leaning on, as a gay, single mum-to-be"

from Brendan O'Connor · host RTÉ Radio 1

MEP for Midlands-North-West and former Rose of Tralee, Maria Walsh, joins Brendan to talk about her fertility journey. She outlines her options as a single, gay woman, working in frontline politics. Maria explains her experience with the European Sperm Bank and discusses the impact of pregnancy on her body, her self-image and her wider family.

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