As the UK Government announces its intention to extend gamete and embryo storage limits (see BioNews 1111), watch this presentation on the topic by Baroness Ruth Deech, at the recent Progress Educational Trust event '#ExtendTheLimit: What Now For Egg Freezing?'.
A film of the full event will be made available on BioNews in due course. In the meantime, please help to keep up the pressure on the Government, by signing and sharing our online petition at www.change.org/extendthelimit
(If you cannot see the film below, click here to view it.)
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