'Maeve's Law has just passed the Senate 37-17 and will now become law. It is globally leading mitochondrial legislation to give hope to families across Australia' tweeted Greg Hunt, an Australian MP on March 30th 2022. He was one of the prime movers behind the Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve's Law) Bill 2021, named after the young girl whose mother campaigned for the legislation. It was the first conscience vote in the Federal government for five years, but I am not sure in what sense the new law can be considered globally leading.
