Prisoner's landmark egg freezing win in High Court

Key points

• A woman serving a 10-year prison term in Queensland has won a High Court challenge to freeze her eggs from behind bars. Rachel Smith had applied to the state's prison authority to undergo the procedure at her own cost, but Queensland Corrective Services argued it was banned under the Corrective Services Act 2006.
• The High Court found the Queensland courts had misconstrued the Act and ordered the prison authority to reconsider her application according to law.
• The judges also ordered the authority to pay Smith's legal costs.