In recent weeks, a female prisoner in Queensland lost her fight to have her eggs frozen while incarcerated.
Rachel Smith is currently serving a ten-year sentence for drug trafficking. She will be between 39 and 41 years of age when she is released. Smith’s fertility will decline significantly while imprisoned.
Smith was 33 when she first applied to freeze her eggs and was prepared to fund the treatment herself. She applied to Queensland Corrective Services, the Brisbane Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal. Each application failed.
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