‘Embryo glue’: Private fertility clinics accused of pushing unproven extras on ‘vulnerable’ patients
UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has ranked embryo glue as amber under its traffic-light regulation system
'Sharon' feels strongly that vulnerable people could be exploited by clinics who push expensive and often unproven extras as part of their fertility treatments. Photo: Stock image - Peter Byrne/PA — © Peter Byrne
Ellen Coyne
Private fertility clinics have been accused of upselling controversial “add ons” after one woman found supposedly optional extras had been included in her bill.
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