Half-price IVF offered for eggs
(sz) Women in the north of England are being offered half-price fertility treatment if they donate some of their eggs to medical research.
The controversial “egg-sharing” scheme is being run by the Newcastle Fertility Centre and is being funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC). It offers women £1,500 towards the costs of In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) if they donate half their eggs.
But opponents claim the project would take advantage of vulnerable women.
The MRC is giving the Newcastle University project £150,000.
Priority will be given to couples living in the region between Teesside to the Scottish Borders having treatment at the Newcastle Fertility Centre.
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