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One embryo call for routine IVF

Women undergoing routine IVF in the UK should only have one embryo implanted, fertility experts have recommended.

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‘Donor eggs for science’ debated

Hopefully they can take my eggs and find a cure.

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Head to head: The need for a father?

Earlier this week, UK ministers gave their clearest indication yet that IVF clinics will not be able to refuse to treat single women and lesbians. Here, two commentators present their views on what is important when deciding what is in the best interests of a child conceived through IVF.

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IVF ‘need for father’ rule may go

Ministers have given the clearest indication yet that fertility clinics will no longer be able to refuse treatment to single women and lesbians.

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Baby sex selection ‘to be banned’

Choosing the sex of babies for social reasons will be banned, Health Minister Caroline Flint has said.

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Fertility clinic ‘rip-off’ fears

Days after a woman of 62 gave birth, MPs insist cost and success rate of IVF for older women be made public.

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Official: dads not needed for IVF babies

Fertility clinics are to be told to provide IVF treatment to all women, even when they do not have a male partner, under radical reforms backed by MPs.

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More than 3m babies born from IVF

Fertility treatment has resulted in more than three million births worldwide since Louise Brown was born in the UK 28 years ago, experts report.

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Fertility clinics fear ID fraud

Fertility clinics fear they are at risk of identity fraud by patients, say UK researchers.

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Frozen eggs rival IVF success of fresh eggs

Women hoping to put their biological clocks on hold by freezing their eggs now stand almost as great a chance of getting pregnant as those using fresh eggs for in vitro fertilisation.

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