How the Mail exposed shameful tactics

IVF CLINICS PEDDLING FALSE HOPE OVER EGG FREEZING

From the Mail, May 3, 2017 PRIVATE fertility clinics were feared to be giving women false hope by exaggerating the success rates of IVF treatment after egg freezing.

The Daily Mail discovered some clinics were suggesting the chance of the technique working was as high as 65 per cent. But official figures show only around 15 per cent of IVF cycles using frozen eggs are successful. Last year’s investigation

found clinics were encouraging ‘egg sharing’ where women with healthy eggs who could not get pregnant received cheaper treatment if they donated some eggs. Clinics can charge infertile couples up to £7,500 for the donated eggs.

The reports led IVF pioneer Lord Winston to say: ‘I fear some in my profession have no moral or ethical compass.’