A FERTILITY doctor implanted a dozen embryos in the pregnancy that gave Nadya Suleman octuplets, a California state attorney said, a number that another doctor said was unheard of and surpasses Suleman’s assertion that only six embryos were implanted.

A FERTILITY clinic which requires couples seeking a treatment to be married is sticking with its position despite one of its doctors being brought before the Medical Council over its stance.

The British fertility watchdog was meeting today to consider relaxing its rules on embryo screening to allow the birth of “designer babies” to cure sick siblings.

The British fertility watchdog may have to relax its rules on “designer babies” because of mounting pressure from doctors and parents, a leading specialist said today.