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The UK fertility regulator is seeking to reduce the taboo around egg and sperm donation.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) says people should feel the same about it as they do about altruistic, or living, organ donation.
It is launching a new drive to encourage more donors to come forward to help infertile couples have a child.
But critics say egg donation is an invasive process, and women should be warned of the risks.
Infertility affects about one-in-six couples in the UK, and when other fertility treatments fail, they sometimes turn to egg or sperm donors for help.
But because of a shortage in donors in the UK, a number go abroad for treatment, sometimes to unregulated clinics.
The HFEA is trying to increase the number of national donors because of concerns about the safety of treatment abroad.
Last year it agreed to increase the levels of compensation given to egg and sperm donors.
Now it is bringing together a group of experts to help develop ways of increasing awareness of gamete donation in the UK, and to...
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) says people should feel the same about it as they do about altruistic, or living, organ donation.
It is launching a new drive to encourage more donors to come forward to help infertile couples have a child.
But critics say egg donation is an invasive process, and women should be warned of the risks.
Infertility affects about one-in-six couples in the UK, and when other fertility treatments fail, they sometimes turn to egg or sperm donors for help.
But because of a shortage in donors in the UK, a number go abroad for treatment, sometimes to unregulated clinics.
The HFEA is trying to increase the number of national donors because of concerns about the safety of treatment abroad.
Last year it agreed to increase the levels of compensation given to egg and sperm donors.
Now it is bringing together a group of experts to help develop ways of increasing awareness of gamete donation in the UK, and to...