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. The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence definition of infertility is:

Failure to conceive at a time of one's choosing correct incorrect

Failure to conceive for a period of two years correct incorrect

Failure to conceive after frequent unprotected sexual intercourse for one to two years in couples in the reproductive age group correct incorrect

Failure to conceive after frequent unprotected sexual intercourse for ten years in couples in the reproductive age group correct incorrect

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. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990:

Aims to promote safe and ethical use of assisted reproductive technologies correct incorrect

Was amended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 correct incorrect

Provides the legal framework for the regulation of infertility treatment and research correct incorrect

All of the options are correct correct incorrect

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. In English jurisdiction the woman who gives birth to an infant is the legal mother

Authority for this statement is provided by section 27(1) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 correct incorrect

In surrogacy arrangements the woman who gives birth to the infant is not the legal mother if eggs were donated by the commissioning woman correct incorrect

In surrogacy arrangements the woman who gives birth to the infant is never the legal mother correct incorrect

In surrogacy arrangements the woman who gives birth to the infant is not the legal mother unless her own eggs have been used correct incorrect

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. Lawful storage of gametes and embryos requires 'effective consent'. This means that:

Consent for the storage, use and disposal of gametes and embryos is governed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 correct incorrect

Consent for the removal of gametes from a person's body is governed by the common law correct incorrect

All of the options to this question are correct correct incorrect

Consent for the storage, use and disposal of gametes must be in writing and signed correct incorrect

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. Evans v. Amicus Healthcare Ltd [2004] is authority for the principle that:

Stored embryos cannot be destroyed if these are a person's only chance to have a genetically related child correct incorrect

The donor of sperm or eggs may withdraw their consent to storage and use up until the time that an embryo has been created correct incorrect

A man can withdraw his consent to storage of sperm but not for embryos created from his sperm since this will interfere with the Article 8 rights of the donor of the eggs correct incorrect

Article 8 rights are not engaged in situations that concern storage and use of human embryos correct incorrect

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. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis is:

A way of creating designer babies correct incorrect

Regulated by the common law correct incorrect

Used for sex selection for social reasons correct incorrect

A way of screening embryos to ascertain their genetic composition prior to implantation correct incorrect

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. The practice of surrogacy, defined as the practice whereby one woman carries a child for another intending that the infant will be handed over after birth, is:

Illegal in English jurisdiction correct incorrect

Governed by the Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985 and the Human Fertilisation Act 1990 correct incorrect

An enforceable contract in favour of a commissioning couple provided that they have donated their own embryo(s) correct incorrect

A criminal offence correct incorrect

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. The case of Yearworth v North Bristol NHS Trust [2009] is authority for the principle that:

Storage, use and disposal of sperm is regulated by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 correct incorrect

There is no property in the body correct incorrect

In certain circumstances and for the purposes of negligence, sperm is capable of being recognised as property correct incorrect

Ownership of sperm samples vest in the clinic responsible for storage correct incorrect

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. In the context of posthumous use of sperm for infertility treatment:

In certain circumstances the court has a discretion, in the interests of equity and justice, to waive the statutory requirement for pre-mortem effective consent correct incorrect

Pre-mortem effective consent is recommended for evidential purposes correct incorrect

Removal and use of sperm is governed by the Human Tissue Act 2004 correct incorrect

Posthumous insemination is lawful subject to effective consent correct incorrect

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. Which statement is incorrect regarding pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) of an embryo for the purposes of identifying a 'saviour sibling'?

Tissue typing can be used to 'screen in' favourable characteristics (such as high IQ and sporting ability) for an embryo correct incorrect

Tissue typing can be used to ascertain whether an embryo would be a good tissue match for a sibling with a serious medical condition correct incorrect

Licenses for PGD and tissue typing must be obtained from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority correct incorrect

Paragraph 1ZA(1)(d) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 governs the use of PGD for embryo compatibility testing for the benefit of an existing child correct incorrect