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QLD government considers IVF law changes after patients refused treatment
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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5/24/2025
The Queensland government is considering amendments to assisted reproductive laws after some IVF patients were told their treatment couldn't go ahead.
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Well this is an incredibly complex story and it started last September when
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legislation first passed through Parliament that required IVF providers
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to collect more information when it came to their donors. Now this meant email
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addresses, phone numbers and full names. Some have said that that was
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particularly difficult when it came to overseas donors, when it came to their
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embryos and sperms and those patients that already had them would mean that
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they no longer complied with the legislation. Now the concern here is
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that it comes as a Queensland IVF patient, a woman in her 30s who had conceived her
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first child using a donor from a US sperm bank known as Zytex, had then looked to
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conceive a second biological sibling using the same donor. She was told by her
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clinic that that was no longer possible because they were unable to collect the
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relevant information needed and that wouldn't comply with legislation. Now
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days after she was told this information that it was not possible she then was
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informed by her clinic QFG that they could now go ahead with the transfer. She
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said not only was the back and forth conversations incredibly confusing and
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distressing but it caused her to miss an entire treatment cycle and it also
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highlighted the issues that comes with legislating an industry that largely until
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last September had been self-regulated. Now the ABC can reveal that Queensland
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Health's chief medical officer Dr Catherine McDougall had written to
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providers last Friday telling them that the act had never been intended to be a
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barrier for treatment and also said that the continuation of cycles was simply a
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clinical matter. We've also heard from a spokesperson from the Health Minister
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Tim Nichols who has said that the issues that are now arising are simply
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unintended consequences from the draft legislation rather than deliberate policy
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decisions but given the fact that IVF has been in the spotlight most recently many
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across the state are hoping the amendments made to this legislation happen
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sooner rather than later.
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