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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ella Pickover

The increasing number of children born via IVF fertility treatment

The equivalent of almost one child in every classroom in the UK is now born as a result of IVF, with new figures revealing that one in 32 babies in 2023 were conceived through fertility treatment.

Data from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) shows that nearly 21,000 babies were born via IVF last year, a substantial increase from 8,700 in 2000.

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