An expert in assisted human reproduction has told the High Court the failure by Government to introduce legislation is “very disappointing” and “tragic”.

Professor Fionnuala McAuliffe, spokesperson for Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in Ireland:

CHILD psychologist Patricia Rashbrook was 62 when she had a baby in 2006.

WOMEN who are undergoing chemotherapy or who want children but have not met a partner before the ageing process takes hold have been given a new option in fertility treatment through freezing their embryos.

FROM the home to the workplace to the altar the national financial crisis is affecting every facet of life and infertility is no exception.

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

A STATE agency promoting women’s health has criticised the delay in licensing infertility clinics that have been providing services in Ireland for over 20 years.

UP to 8,000 couples attend Irish fertility clinics every year which results in 1,000 babies being born by assisted human reproduction techniques.

HUNDREDS of Irish women whose mothers were prescribed a drug aimed at preventing miscarriages face more than double the normal risk of breast cancer.