Queensland Surrogacy Inquiry: Update

Queensland Surrogacy Inquiry: Update

The Queensland Inquiry into Altruistic Surrogacy is currently underway, with evidence being given today.

The Inquiry is considering whether Queensland should continue to ban (and make an offence out of) non-commercial surrogacy. Queensland is the only State to do so.

Several States are reviewing surrogacy laws, following a
push by former Commonwealth Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock to have nationally consistent surrogacy laws.

The most famous victims of the inconsistent laws are Senator Stephen Conroy and his wife who were forced to travel from Victoria (where surrogacy is banned) to New South Wales to have a baby.

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Human Rights & Surrogacy: Protecting Parents, Children & Surrogates

Surrogacy is as much a human-rights issue as it is a family-law matter. Courts around the world are grappling with competing rights: the right to procreate and access assisted reproductive treatment, the child’s right to identity, and the surrogate’s right to bodily autonomy and fair treatment. These tensions shape how laws and court decisions treat… Read More »Human Rights & Surrogacy: Protecting Parents, Children & Surrogates

How I Became a Fertility and Surrogacy Lawyer

A legal career that began in mainstream family law evolved into one of Australia’s most specialist practices in fertility, surrogacy and assisted reproductive technology. Over almost four decades, Stephen Page has handled thousands of complex matters, influenced law reform, advised clinics, taught ethics and regulation, and championed the human rights of everyone affected by assisted… Read More »How I Became a Fertility and Surrogacy Lawyer

Lessons From My Own Surrogacy Journey

Stephen Page’s story is a frank, sometimes brutal, ultimately hopeful account of what it means to pursue parenthood when the path is anything but straightforward. From a childhood conviction to be a dad, to confronting infertility, miscarriage, an ectopic pregnancy and the legal uncertainty around parentage, his journey illustrates the medical, emotional and legal hurdles… Read More »Lessons From My Own Surrogacy Journey

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