Extend the 10-yr storage limit for eggs frozen for non-medical (social) reasons

The best time for a woman to freeze her eggs is in her 20s but under UK law women who do this for non-medical reasons can only store eggs for 10 yrs. If she doesn't use them in this time frame, she must: destroy her eggs, become a parent before being ready or transfer her eggs to a clinic overseas.

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Women deserve reproductive choice. Egg freezing is growing rapidly: more than tripling in the last 5 yrs but the 10-yr limit pushes women to delay egg freezing until their 30s when egg quality is declining; 60% of women freezing eggs are >35. Fertility charity PET wants the 10-yr storage limit extended as it doesn't have any scientific basis, discriminates against women, limits women’s reproductive choices, harms women’s chances of becoming biological mothers and promotes poor clinical practice.