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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]

But it does happen, does it not? When a man presents for a vasectomy at a doctor's surgery, the doctor does not say, ““Come in, sit down and take your trousers off.”” He says, ““I think you ought to think about this for a little while.”” If the man involved is under the age of 30, childless and not yet married, the doctor may well say to him, ““I think you ought to think about this seriously.”” I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman; on many occasions, a doctor will take his patient to one side and say, ““Think about this very seriously.””