Doctor in fertility row acquitted

A doctor who was summoned before the Irish Medical Council's Fitness to Practice Committee after declining to treat an unmarried couple for fertility has been acquitted.

Doctor in fertility row acquitted

A doctor who was summoned before the Irish Medical Council's Fitness to Practice Committee after declining to treat an unmarried couple for fertility has been acquitted.

According to the Irish Catholic newspaper, Dr Phil Boyle - who runs a specialist fertility clinic in Galway - refused to treat the couple because he believes that only married people should have children.

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