Equivalent of one child in every British classroom now born via IVF, data shows
by Andrew Gregory Health editor from Science | The Guardian on (#6Y81J)
Proportion of women giving birth after fertility treatment up by more than a third in a decade, figures reveal
The proportion of women giving birth after fertility treatment in the UK has increased by more than a third in a decade, with the equivalent of one child in every classroom now born as a result of IVF, figures show.
One in 32 births in 2023 were the result of in vitro fertilisation, up 34% from one in 43 in 2013, according to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).
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