BICA welcomes the review of the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act and the government’s decision to maintain a dedicated regulatory body for assisted conception services.

We also welcome the opportunity to comment on aspects of the Bill of most relevance to our area of expertise.

The legal requirement that counselling must be offered routinely to people considering treatment services or becoming donors

BICA fully supports the government’s decision to retain the counselling provisions set out in the HF&E Act 1990 for the reasons outlined in the attached document below: