Approximately 2,000,000 IVF babies have been born worldwide since the introduction of IVF in July 1978.
Largest Sperm Bank!
Find out more about Britain’s largest sperm bank in the Summer issue of Ova.
Single and same-sex parents
Treating every woman
At the London Women’s Clinic (LWC) we have been treating lesbian couples and single women wanting to start a family for more than 10 years. In this time we have helped more than 2000 single women and lesbian couples in their desire to have healthy babies. Our caring and supportive medical staff are committed to offering all our patients the best chance of achieving pregnancy and childbirth.
Legal advice
You may already know that the law around fertility treatment has changed over the years and, following the passage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (2007-08), may change again. The LWC wants to help all its patients understand their rights and responsibilities, as well as the legal position of their unborn child. For this reason the LWC is the first and only fertility clinic in Britain to offer personal legal advice as part of your treatment.
We have prepared a special booklet entitled ‘Legal advice for fertility patients’ to provide clear information on legal aspects of infertility treatment. If you would like to download a free copy of this booklet please click here.
Largest sperm bank in Britain
The majority of the patients using our sperm bank are single women or lesbians in same-sex partnerships. With more than 10,000 vials of donor sperm held in deep-freeze storage, LWC is now Britain’s largest sperm bank. Donors come from a wide range of ethnic, educational and social backgrounds and all have been carefully screened for infections that could otherwise be passed on to you or your unborn child.
Since 2005 we have only been collecting sperm from donors who have agreed to be ‘identifiable’ as defined by the regulatory body, the HFEA. (This does not, however, confer any legal or parental rights to donors.)
Fathers not needed?
Click here to read an editorial commentary from Dr Kamal Ahuja, our scientific and managing director on the implications of the new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill passed in May 2008 on sperm banks and fertility centres in the UK. The commentary will be published in the July 2008 issue of the international journal Reproductive Biomedicine Online.
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