Row over NHS porn for IVF couples
NHS trusts have been criticised for supplying pornography to couples undergoing IVF.
Think tank 2020health.org said the use of porn to help men produce sperm samples promoted "adultery of the mind".
Survey results, revealed yesterday, show 33 NHS trusts offer pornography in their IVF clinics. One trust - the Royal Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust - spent 7,350 on a media suite for its clinic for the viewing of pornography, the study said.
Julia Manning, the report's author, said two-thirds of NHS trusts surveyed did not supply porn, showing there was no genuine need for it.
She went on: "We know of no government authorisation that sanctioned this, or any exception to any NHS trust's employment terms that allow staff to have pornographic material at work."
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