Two men who ran an anonymous sperm donor website have been convicted under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act. Ricky Gage and Nigel Woodforth have both been given a suspended sentence along with a £15,000 fine community service

for fertility treatment involving donated eggs have risen sharply.This seems to have had a knock-on affect for those trying to conceive, with couples heading abroad for IVF treatment, where, in some countries, anonymous egg donation is still legal.The study says

their right to anonymity, had deterred donors, the HFEA say that is not the case. They admitted there was some regional differences where some health authorities were finding it more difficult to enlist sperm donors, but said that in other parts of the country

With a success rate of just one in three, IVF (in vitro fertilisation) isn’t the infertility cure-all we’d like it to be, so any new developments that might improve women’s chances of having that longed-for baby are more than welcome.Major fertility

, in Britain more than 1,500 fertility treatments were undertaken with donated eggs in 2007, but only 221 treatments involved donated embryos.If you do travel abroad for fertility treatment, you need to make sure you’re aware of the rules and regulations