Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 51680
IVF: Donors
Tabled: 12 May 2025
Answered: 15 May 2025
Question
Luke Murphy
Labour — Basingstoke
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing enforceable limits on the number of children conceived from a single gamete donor.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the United Kingdom’s fertility sector regulator, has advised that donor sperm, eggs, or embryos should not be used to create more than 10 families in the UK.The HFEA expects UK licensed clinics to e...
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