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Closed petition Extend the forced Embryo Destruction time limit during the COVID-19 pandemic

For many women, the maximum 10-year egg storage period has ended during the Covid-19 pandemic and this risks women losing their only chance at conceiving, or having to fertilise their eggs earlier than they would like.

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With many lawyers not accepting work, courts closed, national travel restrictions, face-face mediation has been impossible. Like many women, the law has put me in a position where I have had to fertilise my PRIVATELY harvested eggs due to the seemingly-arbitrary 10 year egg thawing law. This situation has put me at great personal risk. Less than a year after creation 5-day embryos (foetus/placenta visible) are to be destroyed. (embryos are my ONLY chance to have a child)

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Date closed 20 October 2021
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Closed petition Extend the forced Embryo Destruction time limit during the COVID-19 pandemic