Nearly 2.5 million embryos destroyed for IVF in UK
November 28, 2016
Almost 2.5 million embryos have been intentionally destroyed in the course of in-vitro fertilization treatments in the United Kingdom since 1990, official figures show.
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The Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority disclosed that more than 2.3 million embryos had been discarded. The statistics were furnished in response to a question from Lord Alton of Liverpool.
The figures showed that in the year 2014-2015, roughly two embryos were destroyed for every one that was implanted in a woman: 172,184 discarded and 84,044 implanted.
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