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Fertility patients win high court battle to save embryos after consent error
UK News•February 16, 2026 at 7:54 PMNational

Fertility patients win high court battle to save embryos after consent error

By Robyn Vinter•The Guardian - UK News

Judge says people should not lose chance of parenthood ‘by the ticking of a clock’ after 10-year deadline missedMore than a dozen fertility patients have won a high court battle to save their embryos, eggs and sperm from destruction after errors meant they did not renew consent to store them within the 10-year window required by law.Ruling that the material could be kept, the judge said they should not “have the possibility of parenthood … removed by the ticking of a clock”. Continue reading...

Judge says people should not lose chance of parenthood ‘by the ticking of a clock’ after 10-year deadline missed

More than a dozen fertility patients have won a high court battle to save their embryos, eggs and sperm from destruction after errors meant they did not renew consent to store them within the 10-year window required by law.

Ruling that the material could be kept, the judge said they should not “have the possibility of parenthood … removed by the ticking of a clock”.

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