Around 6,000 babies a year are born in the United Kingdom to couples due to In vitro fertilization (IVF). However, the methods used often bring about huge disputes and some say the process can falsely raise potential parents' hopes; this is because it only has a success rate of around 15%. There have also been cases of fertilised eggs being mixed up in the laboratory and the wrong embryo being implanted in the woman, leading on to fears about how the process is carried out.

The main reason couples use IVF, is because of Infertility. This is an inability to conceive or carry a child to delivery. The term is usually limited to situations where the couple have had intercourse regularly for one year without using birth control. The term sterility is used when there is a lack of sperm production or inability to ovulate. Approximately 30% of reported cases of...