Lack of IVF legislation keeps couples childless, health committee hears

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

But thousands of couples are being denied the chance of a baby because there is no legislation to regulate IVF treatments.

The Oireachtas Health Committee heard yesterday that fertile parents who want to donate embryos to childless couples can’t do so because of the lack of legal framework.