A single dad from Canada has welcomed his second child after spending $350,000 CAD ($378,000 AUD) on surrogacy.

After more than a year of living through the Covid-19 outbreak, Australians have reluctantly become accustomed to some of the restrictions on their liberty imposed upon them in a collective effort to curb the outbreak of the virus and minimise illness and loss of life.

It has been a good week for care and compassion in Australia.

How many surrogate babies are too many?

The term “doula” may be unfamiliar to many people but the role itself is an ancient one. Traditionally, a doula would “provide emotional, physical and information support to women throughout their pregnancy, birth and the early postpartum.” Modern doulas are professionally trained to equip them for this work.

An Australian surrogacy lobby group has seized on statistics released by the Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs to renew calls to legalise commercial surrogacy in Australia.

One in four pregnancies end in miscarriage.

By Rachael Wong 

The Courier Mail has published a piece about women who identify as men in Queensland and the “discrimination” they face when it comes to language, policies and procedures while pregnant, giving birth or raising children.

By Rachael Wong

Republican Senator Ted Cruz has been criticised for his online comments about pregnancy.