Should prisoners be allowed fertility treatment? | ABC NEWS

Should prisoners be allowed fertility treatment?
A Queensland prisoner has taken her fight to have her eggs frozen while in custody to the state’s highest court.
Rachel Smith is currently serving a 10-year sentence after being convicted of drug trafficking and will be eligible for parole in 2029.
In 2024, when Smith was aged 33, she attempted to apply to the chief executive of Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) to undergo a privately funded Oocyte cryopreservation procedure.
Her application was unable to be considered based on QCS legislation which bans prisoners from applying for access to medical treatments involving “assisted reproductive technology”.
Last year, Smith tried and failed to have that decision overturned in the Supreme Court and has now brought her challenge before the Court of Appeal.

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