{"id":87149,"date":"2026-03-31T08:19:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=87149"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:19:36","slug":"something-wasnt-right-wrong-sperm-given-to-uk-families-by-ivf-clinics-in-northern-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/31\/something-wasnt-right-wrong-sperm-given-to-uk-families-by-ivf-clinics-in-northern-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Something wasn&#8217;t right&#8217;: Wrong sperm given to UK families by IVF clinics in northern Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/1920\/cpsprodpb\/eabf\/live\/36bef6c0-278e-11f1-a79a-77e93010d956.jpg\" alt=\"James, pictured as a young child, is held by his mother Laura in an outdoor setting, with greenery in the background.\" width=\"585\" height=\"329\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">&#8220;It was pretty soon after James was born that I knew something wasn&#8217;t right,&#8221; says Laura. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c74v5jd5zkjo\">Read More<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>&#8220;It was pretty soon after James was born that I knew something wasn&#8217;t right,&#8221; says Laura. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-87149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ivf1.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87150,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87149\/revisions\/87150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}