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political reporter Stephanie Dalzell

Coalition marks Mother's Day with election pledge aimed at aspiring parents with genetic diseases or cancer

The plan targets Medicare-funded assisted reproductive technology services for more than 6,000 Australians a year. (Supplied: Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District)

Cancer patients and Australians at risk of passing on genetic diseases to their children will receive Medicare rebates to subsidise the costs of egg, sperm or embryo storage as part of a $53 million Coalition election pledge that also funds additional postnatal care.

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