Every year tens of thousands of women have IVF treatment and thousands will fall pregnant. However, statistics just released by the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA) under the Freedom of Information Act show a small number of those women (less than 1%) go on to terminate their pregnancy
Why women who’ve undergone a costly, stressful and sometimes painful procedure in order to conceive then go on to terminate that pregnancy isn’t recorded.
A spokesperson for the HFEA said by e-mail: “IVF is not a procedure to be undertaken lightly and we know what it means personally to the many women who make this decision every year. The HFEA does not regulate terminations of pregnancies and has no powers in relation to activities outside those described in the Act. All patients who undergo IVF are assessed, as are the implications for any child that might be born, in advance of the decision to treat.
For more info on this story follow the link: http://www.webmd.boots.com/news/20100607/dozens-of-women-pregnant-after-ivf-have-terminations
No comments:
Post a Comment