Minister instructs Queensland Health to review fertility guidance after women's treatments disrupted
Several women were told they could no longer proceed with their treatments after the release of the Queensland Health guidance earlier this year.
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Queensland's health minister has instructed the state's health department to review its fertility clinic guidance after several women were told they could not proceed with their treatments.
It follows ABC reporting of a lesbian couple who were informed they were no longer the same family under Queensland Health guidelines and told they may not be able to conceive using the same sperm donor.
In Queensland, donated sperm or eggs cannot be used to create more than 10 Australian families, which the state's legislation defines as a parent, their children and their spouse, if any.
But in February, Queensland Health released general guidance advising fertility providers to count lesbian couples who both conceive using the same donor as two separate families.
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