By Rachael Wong

Attempts to silence women who simply want to discuss and defend their sex-based rights are escalating.

There are some stories you just can’t make up, where truth is stranger than fiction. In the age of COVID-19 there have been more of these stories than usual. But this story might just top them all.

Changes to surrogacy laws are the focus of a new review being conducted by New Zealand’s Law Commission, which is examining in particular what it refers to as the ‘legal confusion’ regarding legal parentage of babies born to surrogate mothers. Those advocating for a change in the law say that these babies can be left in “legal limbo” for the first few months of their lives because of the way the law currently operates.

A New Zealand couple has shared a heartbreaking story about a surrogate who aborted their baby without their knowledge.