The case of RM v HFEA (Re M) involves a mother who lost her daughter to cancer, aged 28, and is now seeking permission to fulfil her daughter’s wish of using her stored frozen eggs to conceive a baby. The court of Appeal has given permission to appeal the High Court decision after she was refused consent to transport her daughter’s frozen eggs.
In this case the mother and father, known as Mr and Mrs M, were refused treatment in the UK therefore; asked for permission from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to transport the frozen eggs to America where there were doctors willing to commence treatment. However, the HFEA refused to release the eggs and the couple took to the High Court to challenge this decision.
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