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Government 'carefully reviewing' whether to let women freeze their eggs for non-medical reasons

Egg freezing may give Singaporeans the misperception that they can afford to delay parenthood and that they will be able to have a healthy child when the time comes to put their frozen eggs to use. PHOTO: ST FILE

Senior Social Affairs Correspondent

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Oct 21, 2019, 07:30 PM

SINGAPORE - The Government is "carefully reviewing" the possibility of allowing women to freeze their eggs in Singapore for non-medical reasons, for example, because they have not met Mr Right yet.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) told The Straits Times: "Allowing egg freezing for non-medical reasons may benefit some women because of their personal circumstances.

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