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Greece IVF age limit review urged after frozen embryo birth

By Drooid · Sep 12, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC · How we work

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Christina Rapti-Tzelepi, 54, gave birth to daughter Georgia using a 22-year-old frozen embryo.
The embryo, cryopreserved on 17 March 2004, was fertilized for IVF in December 2025.
Dr. Konstantinos Pantos urged reviewing Greece’s 54-year IVF age limit after the couple’s 2½-month deadline.
Following their 21-year-old son Giorgos’s October 2025 death, the parents consider another child, possibly abroad.

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Christina Rapti-Tzelepi, 54, gave birth to daughter Georgia using a 22-year-old frozen embryo.
The embryo, cryopreserved on 17 March 2004, was fertilized for IVF in December 2025.
Dr. Konstantinos Pantos urged reviewing Greece’s 54-year IVF age limit after the couple’s 2½-month deadline.
Following their 21-year-old son Giorgos’s October 2025 death, the parents consider another child, possibly abroad.