Dr. Joanna Rose:

As far as I am aware, there is nothing retrospective in providing for this practice. After my court case, part of the settlement was the provision of a retrospective gene library and support service. Obviously, with Narelle's law and the new legislation in Germany, the overturning of anonymity retrospectively is what is happening. This needs to be looked at, in particular in the context of funding for counselling for those who have gone through these experiences, including persons who have been used as donors. Not everybody knows what the impact has been on his wife and family, but it is unravelling over time and not always simple. Some people went into this thinking it was like blood donation, but they then meet children or adults who look just like themselves, or their own mother. As it can have a huge impact on them and their families, we need to have appropriate support services available. There are infertility counsellors who understand these scenarios, as in the case of adoption.