Conception in the public eye

Writer and theatre director Anna Furse whose 13-month-old daughter was conceived by in vitro fertilisation (IVF), argues that the life and morality of Mandy Allwood, the woman pregnant with eight babies following infertility treatment, is no-one's business but her own. Prison psychologist Sarah Selvey, who is pregnant with triplets following IVF treatment, is sick of reading about IVF, selective abortion and multiple births. She personally feels that Allwood has been incredibly silly but points out that most people have very little idea about what infertility treatment involves.