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A Queensland woman serving a ten-year drug trafficking sentence tried to freeze her eggs behind bars, arguing she’d be too old to safely have children by release. Her bid was blocked by law, then rejected by court after court — even though she claimed egg freezing is just a preparatory step, not actual reproduction, and invoked human rights. The Court of Appeal upheld the ban, saying egg freezing falls under “assisted reproductive technology,” and the law’s goal is fairness, not letting prison staff decide who can procreate. Her request to avoid legal fees — potentially $10,000 — was also denied, as judges deemed her case personal, not a matter of public interest.

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