Just regarding the importing of donor sperm - I checked with my clinic in Melbourne, and it's simply not true - nothing changes about importing donor sperm as of January 2010 - there's only an change in regulations around the 'migration' of embryos from state to state or overseas. The donor mgr at my clinic had heard nothing to suggest we could no longer import sperm from interstate or overseas - that was definitely not her understanding of the new laws. So, it appears there's some mis-understanding...or unfortunately, it might be that different clinics intepret the laws differently.???
The new ART legislation is for NSW only. It comes into effect in January 2010, and it has a transition period for existing donors/recipients.
This new NSW ART legislation is the primary cause of the lack of donors in NSW. The irony is that past recipients/offspring who previously had the luxury and privilege of using "NSW donors" insisted on this legislation, which has resulted in the lack of donors in NSW, and now current recipient families have lost the choice of using a "NSW donor" as a result of the selfish actions of the past recipients/offspring who have already benefited from the generous nature of previous donors.
The new NSW ART legislation does not specifically ban importing sperm from overseas. Instead it has much tighter controls regarding what can be imported.
Sperm donors disappeared when the register came out. There were 150 men on the books in NSW. When the new law came out and they had to be on a register. Only 5 remained.
Men don't want children coming to them at aged 18yrs. Thats the only conclusion I can come to.
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