00:02Debra Poedio has been trying to fall pregnant for six years.
00:06She finally has healthy embryos in storage,
00:08but last month she was told she'd need Queensland Health's permission to transfer them.
00:13How dare you stepping in and telling me,
00:16oh no, you can't do that, you can't, that's my genetic material there,
00:20and I've been wanting a child for so long.
00:23In Queensland, a single sperm donor can't be used to create more than 10 Australian families,
00:28which the law defines as a parent, their spouse and their children.
00:32But in department guidance issued earlier this year,
00:36lesbian couples who both conceive using the same donor count as two families.
00:41This simply does not follow what's in the legislation and does not follow the fairness test.
00:46This appears to be clearly discrimination against lesbian couples.
00:50Ms Poedio's clinic explained one or more same-sex couples have also used her donor.
00:56Under the new advice, those couples now take up additional family allocations,
01:01leaving none available for her.
01:03The clinic applied to Queensland Health for an exemption.
01:06It took eight days before Ms Poedio received an approval.
01:10It was like walking through hell.
01:12In a statement, Health Minister Tim Nichols says he shares many of the concerns
01:17that have been raised in relation to the Department of Health's interpretation of the law.
01:21He's asked Queensland Health to seek further advice as a matter of priority
01:26and that guidance materials be reviewed.
01:29The ABC understands the review process will be completed in the coming weeks.
01:33But until then, couples wanting to grow their family are still at the whim of Queensland Health.
01:40The other side, couples wanting to grow their family,
01:41are still at the level of staying with the
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