Fertility treatments impacted by donor limit mix-up can proceed under NSW Health exemption
By Paige Cockburn,
ABC News
| 10. 02. 2025
Some fertility providers in NSW had been misinterpreting the law around how many families an egg or sperm donor can help create.
On Thursday afternoon, NSW Health announced a temporary exemption to the donor limit would come into effect in mid to late October to allow those affected to continue their treatments.
"Recognising the significant emotional, physical and financial impacts the misinterpretation of [this law] would have on women and families, through no fault of their own, the NSW government is creating an exemption," a NSW Health spokesperson said.
The exemption will apply to those women who before October 1 either:
- Had an embryo (of the woman or the woman's spouse) held in storage by a registered provider, or
- Reserved a gamete (eggs or sperm) that was held in storage by a registered provider, or
- Reserved the use of a particular donor's gamete held outside of NSW and had commenced preliminary treatment with a registered provider after July 1, 2025 for the purposes of receiving treatment using that gamete.
A spokesperson said the government would not take any action against a provider for breaching the donor limit between October 1 and the commencement of the exemption if the treatment...
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