HFEA

British

abbreviation

Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority

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Julia Chain, who chairs HFEA, said she was "concerned" about people having to import sperm because using "online donors can be extremely risky".

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Diane - not her real name - used a sperm donor from the HFEA's approved list of clinics to have her son in 2018.

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This is in line with guidelines set by UK fertility regulator HFEA, which says fertility declines with age, so the optimum time for egg freezing is before a woman turns 35.

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When an individual rather than a business provides what the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 refers to as "non-medical fertility services" the rules are less clear, according to the HFEA.

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Sally Cheshire, who chairs the HFEA, warns there is currently no law to protect anyone opting into such an agreement.

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