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Medicare
Bid to change ‘archaic’ IVF rules to include solo and same-sex parents
The definition of infertility to receive Medicare-funded fertility treatment requires couples to try to conceive through unprotected sex for one year.
- by Kate Aubusson
Latest
IVF at a fraction of the cost: Perth clinic disrupts infertility market
The Baruahs know how torturous infertility treatment can be, having spent seven years enduring it. But when they finally held their son, “everything changed.”
- by Claire Ottaviano
Opinion
Parenting
I’ve fathered five children in NSW. If I lived in Victoria, I’d probably have none
The state government’s donor recruitment drive may have good intentions, but without a review of family limits the idea of donating sperm feels too risky.
- by Gary Nunn
‘Thousands of lives in one shell’: Gaza’s IVF embryos destroyed by Israeli strike
When an Israeli shell struck Gaza’s largest fertility clinic in December, it destroyed more than 4000 embryos, plus 1000 more specimens of sperm and unfertilised eggs.
- by Andrew Mills, Imad Creidi and Saleh Salem
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Sydney Film Festival
Australian Succession star’s thriller to premiere at Sydney Film Festival
In Vitro, starring Ashley Zukerman, is a sci-fi thriller filmed in rural NSW.
- by Helen Pitt
Why some families are choosing to skip sex and go straight to IVF
Some couples are motivated by health and want to screen embryos for harmful genetic mutations. In America, you can use IVF to choose the sex of your child.
- by Alyson Krueger
Two of Us
Good Weekend
Their surrogate child was born 10 weeks early in Ukraine. Then Russia invaded
The premature arrival of their baby girl in Odesa was just the beginning of the drama for these Melbourne chefs.
- by Dani Valent
Publicly funded IVF on the way for Queensland women
More women and girls suffering complex medical conditions like cancer will have access to cheaper reproductive care after Queensland became the latest state to announce public funding for fertility treatments.
- by Jacob Shteyman
Trump voices support for IVF as reproductive rights become an election flashpoint
The former US president’s comments came as he and Nikki Haley made their last pitches to voters ahead of the presidential primary race in South Carolina.
- by Farrah Tomazin
The costly IVF technique being unnecessarily sold to thousands
A procedure designed for severe male infertility is increasingly being sold to couples where the man has no or only moderate fertility issues.
- by Aisha Dow and Henrietta Cook
Opinion
Work therapy
Should I tell my boss that I’m starting IVF?
Telling your boss sensitive information, such as your decision to undergo IVF, can be a difficult decision.
- by Jonathan Rivett
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