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A freezer container for eggs. File photo of the IVF clinic in Hammarby Sjöstad.
The Danish government lifts the existing limit on how long a woman can freeze her eggs during ongoing fertility treatment. Writes the Danish Ministry of Health in a press release.
The five-year freezing limit is removed, so eggs can now be kept frozen until the year the woman turns 46.
Until now, the practice has been to destroy the eggs after five years of fertility treatment. Those who wanted to continue treatment after this have had to extract new eggs to freeze them, something that requires extensive hormonal treatment. The change of law occurs with the motivation that women should avoid this “unnecessary and demanding process.”
The new 46-year limit is the same as the age limit for undergoing fertility treatments in the country.
The change in the law may affect many Swedes, as hundreds of Swedish women cross the strait each year to undergo fertility treatment.
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