Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 16932

IVF: Advertising

Tabled: 29 November 2024

Answered: 9 December 2024

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it a legal requirement to state the (a) risks to women's health and (b) potential side effects of egg retrieval on adverts for those services.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the United Kingdom’s fertility sector regulator, has advised that it sets out strict requirements in its Licence Conditions and Code of Practice relating to the information that must be given before...

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