Controversial IVF Law in Australia
South Australian Parliament says it will allow the use of a dead partner's sperm for
In Vitro Fertilization. Currently South Australia is less lenient laws, they only allow infertile couples or those who might pass on a genetic birth defect to get IVF. This new bill is coming on the wake of the Victoria government in Australia passing laws permitting lesbians and single women the means to get IVF treatment.
ABC Australia reported that a number of women in South Australia who have written consent from their husbands before they passed on to use their sperm are unable to go through with IVF because the laws were so stringent. The South Australian Foreign Minister John Hill said today,
"We've had IVF legislation in South Australia now for 20 or so years and we've been looking at reviewing that legislation for some time."
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Posted by Tala on 11/26/2008 9:28:55 PM
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