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Friday, 14 August, 2009
'Fertility tourism' is inbound for Ticino
The rules governing reproductive medicine in Switzerland are tougher than in many other countries. Among other things, they include a ban on egg donation and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. But in neighbouring Italy, the laws are even more restrictive. That’s led many Italian couples to come to Italian-speaking Ticino for what is popularly called “fertility tourism”. WRS’s Vincent Landon visits a fertility clinic there to find out more.
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