Why Australia's most progressive sperm donor laws are challenging some potential parents | ABC News

Alex and Anna are among IVF patients and doctors in Canberra who say the ACT's new assisted reproduction technology laws are making it "near impossible" to conceive with donated sperm.
A donor registry was introduced to protect the wellbeing of donor-conceived people but it is now pushing women to travel interstate to fall pregnant.
ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith has defended the legislation but is pushing to extend the six-month transition period which was due to lapse at the end of September.
by Lily Nothling via ABC Canberra
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