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Molly Johnston - Monash Lens

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By Molly Johnston
| Monash University
Core expertise Reproductive technology policy Biography Molly is an assistant lecturer and postdoctoral research associate at the Monash Bioethics Centre. She completed her PhD in 2020. Her research falls within the intersection between social science, bioethics, and policy/regulation. Her research interests are the ethics of and policies governing reproductive technology.
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Women have the right to health care in prison. This should extend to freezing their eggs

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By Molly Johnston
| Monash University
In recent weeks, a female prisoner in Queensland lost her fight to have her eggs frozen while incarcerated. Rachel Smith is currently serving a ten-year sentence for drug trafficking. She will be between 39 and 41 years of age when she is released. Smith’s fertility will decline significantly while imprisoned. Smith was 33 when she first applied to freeze her eggs and was prepared to fund the treatment herself.
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Women have the right to health care in prison. This should extend to freezing their eggs

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By Molly Johnston
| Inkl
Aleksandr Zubkov/Getty Images Rachel Smith is currently serving a ten-year sentence for drug trafficking. She will be between 39 and 41 years of age when she is released. Smith’s fertility will decline significantly while imprisoned. Smith was 33 when she first applied to freeze her eggs and was prepared to fund the treatment herself. She applied to Queensland Corrective Services, the Brisbane Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal. Each application failed.
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