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British couple left with their embryo stuck in Portugal after IVF clinic goes bust

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Laura Moncaster and Alex Webb had been due to travel to Portugal to undergo their embryo transfer in September

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Laura and Alex resorted to a clinic in Portugal to realize the dream of being parents through Fertilization in Vitro (FIV). After the clinic fails, they say "driving away" in relation to the future.

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Ovomcare, a fertility clinic in Cascais, has failed and affected about 200 customers, most of them British.

A couple who had paid thousands of pounds for IVF in Portugal suddenly learned that the clinic had gone bankrupt, leaving their last embryo in the country.

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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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