Fertility clinic for lesbians opens

Britian's first clinic designed to give lesbians the chance of a "DIY" baby opens in Harley Street today.

The Women's New Life Centre will offer lesbians access to sperm donors and is also applying for a licence to carry out artificial insemination which is to be considered by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).

The opening comes three months after a website, Mannotincluded.com, became the first in Europe dedicated to finding sperm donors for lesbians.

The website was founded by John Gonzales, a married father of four, who is opening the clinic. He said: "The clinic was launched in response to the insensitive way lesbian and single women are treated by a number of other clinics."

Pro-family organisations attacked the idea. Family groups claim the move is a "worrying development".