“My World Collapsed”: Ine (38) Has to Put Her Wish to Have Children Aside Now that the Number of Egg Donors Plummets Due to a New Law

Het Laatste Nieuws

Lean Right

Factuality

Ownership

“That’s when my world really collapsed,” says Ine (38). She had successfully fought breast cancer, but the disease had another effect: the chemotherapy had decimated her egg supply, making it difficult to have a child – and even hormone treatment offered no relief. The solution: an egg from a donor. But then a new law came into effect prohibiting donors from remaining anonymous. And then Ine received an email from the fertility center at UZ Ghen…