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The peak IVF industry body welcomed the three-month review and the potential for a national regulatory approach.

Fertility clinics face national regulation after Monash IVF bungles

A new independent national body will oversee Australia’s fertility industry amid concerns clinics have committed more errors than previously reported.

  • Grant McArthur

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Monash IVF chief executive Michael Knaap.

Victoria to push for stricter laws after Monash IVF chief steps down

The health minister called on Monash IVF to take further action in response to recent embryo mix-ups after the fertility giant’s embattled CEO stepped down.

  • Grant McArthur
Monash IVF is Australia’s second biggest fertility clinics group with an estimated 25.3 per cent market share.

The collateral damage from Monash IVF’s colossal embryo bungles

Monash IVF hasn’t just undermined its own reputation and customer confidence; it must result in a confidence wobble for the entire industry.

  • Elizabeth Knight
The Clayton clinic in Melbourne where Monash IVF’s second embryo bungle occurred last week.

‘Three strikes’: Demands for answers over repeat Monash IVF bungles

Key investors, medical negligence lawyers and governance experts say Monash IVF and its board are under pressure after “systemic” failures, as health ministers prepare for talks about tightening regulations.

  • Grant McArthur
Demand for IVF services remains strong but providers acknowledge COVID cases are causing widespread interruptions to services.

‘Completely unacceptable’: Minister lashes Monash IVF after second embryo transfer bungle

A Melbourne woman has had the wrong embryo transferred to her during an IVF procedure at a Clayton clinic, the second bungle by the fertility giant exposed this year.

  • Grant McArthur
Baby Angus, his surrogate mother Jennifer McCloy and his biological mother, Edwina Peach

Jen had a baby for her best friend. It was harder than it needed to be

One in six couples face infertility. A new inquiry will look at how the government can make parenthood easier, from IVF to surrogacy.

  • Jordan Baker
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Danielle and Leon Green at home in Western Australia.

A coroner couldn’t tell Danielle how her son died. Then she lost her daughter

After losing her two babies, Danielle Green wants genetic testing introduced in the post-mortem investigations of young people.

  • Frances Howe
Monash IVF has cancelled some Queensland fertility treatments over concerns sperm donor records do not meet new identification requirements.

Baby dreams left on ice over lack of sperm donor ID

Queensland fertility clinics have been forced to cancel some women’s IVF treatments because their embryos were created using sperm without adequate donor records to meet new rules.

  • Grant McArthur
Monash IVF has blamed “human error” for the disaster.

Monash IVF issued with ‘please explain’ for not raising alarm over baby bungle

The fertility giant was asked to justify why it withheld notice of an embryo mix-up to the sharemarket, causing its share price to plunge.

  • Grant McArthur
Amanda Smith (right) and her wife.

As an Australian living in the US, I’ll spend more than $50,000 to have a baby

Living in America presents wonderful opportunities, but the extreme cost of some medical procedures makes me miss Australia’s healthcare.

  • Amanda Smith

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/in-vitro-fertilisation-1mxy