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Shifra Bendet, with dogs Bruno, Ollie and Piper, says freezing her eggs around eight years ago took the pressure off making choices around her fertility.

Shifra’s frozen eggs will reach a legal expiry date. What happens to them when time runs out?

Many early adopters of egg freezing are not well-informed about the emotional and psychological realities of disposing of unused eggs when their deadline is up.

  • Wendy Tuohy

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Aimee Welton believed at age 35 that she had eggs enough to spare to give some to a friend struggling with fertility, only to discover she would need donor eggs herself,

A donor egg helped Aimee become a mum. A rule change will make it easier for others

The growing number of women choosing to start families alone has led to wait times on donor eggs and sperm rising, but Victoria has moved to make importing them easier.

  • Wendy Tuohy
Genea, one of Australia’s big-three IVF providers, is investigating a data breach on its network.

‘Urgently investigating’: IVF giant rocked by data breach

Genea, one of Australia’s big-three IVF providers, is investigating a cyberattack that could affect the data of thousands of families and expectant parents.

  • Angus Thomson
IVF patient Krystena Murray says she realised as soon as she gave birth that something had gone wrong at her fertility clinic.
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Woman sues fertility clinic, saying she gave birth to another couple's child

IVF patient Krystena Murray says she realised as soon as she gave birth that something had gone wrong at her fertility clinic.

Krystena Murray with the baby boy she delivered, whom she says she had to relinquish when he was five months old because of an IVF mix-up.

Woman sues fertility clinic, saying she gave birth to another couple’s baby

When IVF patient Krystena Murray gave birth to a healthy baby boy two years ago, she knew immediately the fertility clinic had made a mistake, she says.

  • Russ Bynum
Ashleigh Pearsall and her son Charlie.

Why women in NSW are rushing to get IVF treatment now

For one provider, there was a 43 per cent increase in inquiries in December 2024 compared with 2023.

  • Mary Ward
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Human embryologists traditionally select which embryos are best to transfer into patients.

Artificial intelligence ‘beginning to make decisions about who is brought into the world’

Bioethics researchers want guidelines for use of AI in embryo selection during IVF, and transparency for patients.

  • Wendy Tuohy

‘I was a mess’: How Margaret Pomeranz helped her son through the death of his twins

Film critic Margaret Pomeranz and her eldest son, Josh Pomeranz, on enduring the worst of times – and welcoming two blockbuster creations.

  • Fenella Souter
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Birmingham.

Power out for Birmingham as he turns out the lights

The resignation of the last leading Liberal moderate, Simon Birmingham, means that it is definitely a case of asking Simon to turn off the lights in the house when he leaves.

Members of the class action are seeking compensation for economic loss as well as pain and suffering.

Cut to IVF rebate a ‘significant step backwards for reproductive health’

The former Coalition government had a policy to help address the declining fertility rate. Now NSW Labor wants to means-test it.

  • Alexandra Smith

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