HFEA

British

abbreviation

Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority

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Data from the UK regulator of the fertility industry HFEA, shows that in 2019, 3,147 single women in the UK received fertility treatment with donor sperm.

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Peter Thompson, the chief executive of the HFEA, said a "very small number" of women were affected and "they have been told about the donor by the Danish clinic at which they were treated".

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Director of strategy and corporate affairs at the HFEA, Clare Ettinghausen, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the increase in the last decade has been due to "several reasons".

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Clare Ettinghausen, director of strategy and corporate affairs at the HFEA, said: "The fallout from Apricity's closure and the effect it had on patients highlights how the current law does not reflect the range and type of fertility treatments being offered today."

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According to data from the HFEA, egg donation has remained largely the same since the 2011 compensation rise but demand for eggs has increased.

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