More than three million human embryos have been created and destroyed by scientists in the UK the last 30 years, government figures have revealed.
The Department of Health has disclosed that between August 1991 and December 2019 a total of 3,106,319 embryos were artificially produced then discarded.
The majority are surplus to in vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedures to help infertile or sub-fertile couples, same-sex couples or individuals become parents but many others are used in destructive experiments and research.
