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Nearly ‘one child in every classroom’ is typically born using IVF in UK

Official data shows rise in single patients and female same-sex couples opting for assisted fertility treatments

Nearly “one child in every classroom” is now born through IVF in the UK with egg-freezing hitting a record high, the fertility regulator has said, as people increasingly delay parenthood against a backdrop of historically low birth rates.

More single patients and female same-sex couples are opting for assisted fertility treatments, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority found, highlighting how the sector “could develop in the years to come”, according to chair Julia Chain.

“IVF is helping more people have babies, including patients of different ages and family types,” she said.

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