Minister Sparks Backlash for Suggesting Foreigners Could Undergo ‘Three-Parent Babies’ IVF Treatment in Britain

October 27, 2014

(Telegraph) – Foreigners will be allowed to undergo controversial IVF treatment creating ‘three-parent babies’ in Britain if Parliament green-lights the treatment, a health minister has suggested.  Jane Ellison sparked a backlash on Wednesday by saying she expects UK clinics will be free to treat oversees patients should the procedure be approved later this year. MPs and peers from across the political divide raised fears the move could create a new front of health tourism, with foreigners circumventing bans in their home countries by visiting Britain for treatment.