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Fertility clinics are to target lesbians as egg donors after research found they were more likely than heterosexual women to give birth after IVF.

The study, published today, reports that gay women who attended a London clinic were up to 20 per cent more likely to have a baby than their heterosexual counterparts.

It opens the way for clinics to ask lesbians to share their eggs.

Researchers believe the difference between lesbian and straight women arises because most gay women seek treatment for lifestyle reasons, and not because they have fertility problems.

Conversely, most straight women seek IVF because they have problems conceiving.

The study was by the London Women's Clinic in Harley Street.

Dr Kamal Ahuja, its scientific director, said: "These results are remarkable. This is the first indication that the quality of eggs for lesbian women is better.

"It's also a remarkable turnaround - 10 years ago lesbian women weren't all that welcome in fertility clinics. Now that's changed. These women are going to be our saviours. This is evidence that they make excellent patients in egg-sharing schemes...