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Reform of the regulatory and accreditation environment for the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Sector Health Ministers agreed that all Australians should have confidence in the ART services they access. Health Ministers commissioned a rapid review of ART in June. The Review found the current self-regulatory approach lacks the transparency and rigour that governments and the… Read More »Australian Health Ministers communique
The latest data has revealed that more Australian children have been born via surrogacy at home than in the United States in 2023. The latest report by the Australian and New Zealand Assisted Reproductive Database, and its New Zealand equivalent, show that in the year ended 30 June 2023, 84 babies were born via gestational… Read More »More Australian Surrogacy Births in Australia than in the US in 2023
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls, Ms Reem Alsalem, has called for the “eradication” of all surrogacy in her report to the United Nations General Assembly “The different manifestations of violence against women and girls in the context of surrogacy”. In her key conclusion, the Special Rapporteur says: “The practice… Read More »UN Special Rapporteur calls for the “eradication” of all surrogacy
Australia’s fertility and reproductive treatment landscape is at a critical crossroads. With fragmented regulation across states, uncontrolled private sperm donation, and barriers to accessing treatment, urgent reform is needed to protect vulnerable women and children while ensuring equitable access to assisted reproductive technology. As a leading Sydney surrogacy lawyer, Stephen Page from Page Provan has… Read More »Reforming Australia’s Fertility Laws: Our Submission to NSW Parliament
For the second year in a row, there has been a record-breaking number of Australian children born overseas through surrogacy. For the year ending 30 June 2025, 377 children were born overseas through surrogacy, according to data compiled by the Department of Home Affairs. This just pips the previous record, set in 2024, of 376… Read More »A record number of Australian children born overseas through surrogacy – again
It was an honour to appear in a recent case in the Australian Capital Territory, the first reported decision concerning the transitional provisions of the Parentage Act 2004 (ACT).
Who is a parent is a fundamental question in the eyes of a child. As families come in all shapes and sizes, with the rise of sperm donation, IVF and egg donation over 40 years ago, society has continued to change as to who is recognised as a parent.
Friday the 13th, Black Friday, is normally a day of doom and gloom- when things go wrong. However, Black Friday, 13 December 2024 was a good day for many children born through surrogacy – and their parents.
News from the UK is that eight children- four boys and four girls (including a pair of twins) have now been born through mitochondrial donation, enabling these children to be born through three people’s DNA.
