Fertility patients win high court battle to save embryos after consent error

Judge says people should not lose chance of parenthood ‘by the ticking of a clock’ after 10-year deadline missed More than a dozen fertility patients have won a high court battle to save their embryos, eggs and sperm from destruction after errors meant they did not renew consent to store them within the 10-year window required by law. Ruling that the material could be kept, the judge said they should not “have the possibility of parenthood … removed by the ticking of a clock”. Continue reading...

By Robyn Vinter