A leading medical law expert has described as “unconscionable” and “contrary to the best interests of children”, the Government’s failure to introduce legislation governing fertility treatments.

POOR Jennifer Aniston. Pretty, successful, and with millions in the bank, this Hollywood actress deserves our pity because she has never had children.

IN the past, if a married couple failed to produce a child, there was often an assumption that the woman was “barren”, and no one ever thought there was anything wrong with the male, says Helen Browne, chairwoman of the National Infertility Support and Information Group (NISIG).

“THE pressure to have a child starts soon after being married.

ASSISTED reproduction is a booming industry in this country, with nine clinics opening in the past 15 years.

THE death of a woman from fertility treatment complications will not deter couples desperate to have a biological child from seeking in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), an infertility support group said yesterday.

STEM cell research is a topic of considerable interest to many members of the National Infertility Support & Information Group (NISIG) — a voluntary, non-profit, multi-denominational body set up in 1996.