Limits on the Number of Families Using a Single Donor's Gametes or Embryos (Assisted Reproductive Technology)
Assisted Reproductive Technology Amendment Bill 2025
Introduced by: Rachel Stephen-Smith (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
Donors of gametes or embryos are presumed to have consented to their use for completing a family; they can still modify or withdraw this consent.
ART providers cannot use a donor's gametes or embryos if it would result in more than 5 families in the ACT or 10 families across Australia.
ART providers must provide mandatory information about donors that they have on record.
ART providers are exempt from certain donor information, reporting, and management rules for gametes or embryos allocated, used, or created before the end of the transitional period.
ART providers are exempt from certain rules when using subsequent gametes from the same donor for a person or their partner who previously became pregnant using that donor.
Public officials are protected from liability when performing their functions under the Act; this protection does not extend to ART providers.
ART providers are exempt from certain donor and family limits when using gametes or embryos allocated or created before the end of the transitional period.
ART providers must include all information kept under section 48 when providing mandatory donor information.