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Lisa Jardine: Reflections on IVF

Lisa Jardine reflects on the sensitive questions surrounding IVF, as she comes to the end of her term as chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

Lisa Jardine reflects on the sensitive questions surrounding IVF as she comes to the end of her term as Chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. "I would have loved to have been able to have spoken more often and more publicly, with more words of caution for those preparing to undertake IVF, or postponing their family because IVF seems a reliable option should natural conception fail."

Producer: Sheila Cook.

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Sun 27 Oct 2013 08:48

A Point of View: IVF and the marketing of hope

Five million babies have been born thanks to IVF. But few people talk of the many more times the treatment doesn't work, says Lisa Jardine, the departing chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

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Presenter Lisa Jardine
Producer Sheila Cook

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  • Fri 25 Oct 2013 20:50
  • Sun 27 Oct 2013 08:48

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