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Guardian community team
26, May, 2023 @3:55 PM
England’s first not-for-profit fertility clinic closes within a year of opening
Exclusive: Clinic operated by BPAS was intended to provide IVF at cost price but was sold to private provider
Helen Pidd North of England editor
21, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
Male GPs in England less likely to refer patients for IVF, report finds
Survey shows wide discrepancies between Nice guidelines and GP responses and ‘utter confusion’ on eligibility criteria
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
18, May, 2023 @11:01 PM
Overhaul UK fertility law to keep up with advancements, expert says
Exclusive: IVF in UK ‘is the most successful and the safest it has ever been’, says Tim Child
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
14, May, 2023 @7:10 PM
IVF works for the lucky few. After a decade, I finally realised I wasn’t one of them | Simran Chawla
We tried and tried, but failed and failed. Yet the fertility industry kept offering us hope, so long as we offered them money, says Simran Chawla
Simran Chawla
01, May, 2023 @7:00 AM
Not being able to have a baby was devastating – then I found people who embraced a childfree life
I had always wanted to be a mother, but after three unsuccessful rounds of IVF, I decided to stop trying. What could I learn from the people who have chosen not to be parents?
Helen Pidd
22, Apr, 2023 @9:00 AM
Why are women who don’t have children still so judged? | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article about a chasm of understanding that can exist between mothers and childless women
12, Apr, 2023 @4:56 PM
Donor children could contact biological parents before 18 under new proposals
Existing UK fertility law should be updated to regulate modern treatments, says HFEA
Jamie Grierson
28, Feb, 2023 @12:01 AM
Urgent calls for Australia-wide register of sperm donations amid concerns about ‘prolific’ donors
Experts say informal donations a ‘huge problem’ that could lead to trauma for donor-conceived people who find they have dozens of half siblings
Tory Shepherd
07, Feb, 2023 @2:00 PM
‘I had two babies born last week’: the unregulated world of Australia’s online sperm donors
Some women are seeking donations outside the expensive, complicated clinical process – but experts says there are major risks
Tory Shepherd
05, Feb, 2023 @2:00 PM
Long NHS waiting lists cutting chances of pregnancy, fertility chief warns
Health service backlogs for gynaecological diagnoses and treatments are preventing women from starting IVF promptly
Rosie Taylor
22, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM
Warning for UK women over physical and financial toll of egg freezing
As increasing numbers choose the now highly commercialised procedure, concerns grow over the lack of transparency in some clinics
Miranda Bryant
08, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM
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