Surrogacy is never in a child’s ‘best interests’
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.
Read moreSingle man has second baby after spending almost $400,000 on surrogacy
A single dad from Canada has welcomed his second child after spending $350,000 CAD ($378,000 AUD) on surrogacy.
Read moreSurrogate mother who almost bled to death giving birth would do it again
A young NSW mum made news recently after disclosing that she almost bled to death following the birth of her baby as part of an altruistic surrogacy arrangement.
Read moreFederal Government exempts Australians travelling overseas for illegal IVF treatments
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.
Read moreMillionaire couple’s plan to have 100 children
How many surrogate babies are too many?
Read moreSurrogate aborts Kiwi couple’s baby
A New Zealand couple has shared a heartbreaking story about a surrogate who aborted their baby without their knowledge.
Read moreRenewed calls for legalised commercial surrogacy in Australia
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.
Read morePolyamorous throuple makes history by listing three dads on birth certificate
A California polyamorous throuple has made history in the state by becoming the first to list all three men as fathers on their children’s birth certificates. The two children, Piper, a 3 year old girl (born in 2017) and Parker, a one year old boy (born last year), were conceived by use of donor eggs and donor embryos and the services of a friend offering to act as a surrogate.
Read moreResearchers criticise attempts to regulate surrogacy
In order to address the harms of commercial surrogacy, there have been recent proposals made in the UK and the Netherlands to regulate surrogacy proactively via pre-conception authorisation of surrogacy agreements (PASA).
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