The reasons for banning compensated surrogacy in developing countries don’t apply in Australia.
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Medical tourism for assisted reproductive technologies raises a host of legal and ethical questions.
There’s no evidence to say legalising commercial surrogacy here would stop people from going overseas where it’s probably cheaper and there may be less regulation.
People who require the services of a surrogate to be able to have a child are going offshore because the only surrogacy permitted in Australia is altruistic surrogacy.
The current debate about commercial surrogacy has focused on the competing needs of couples or individuals desperate to have children, and the exploitation of vulnerable women in low-income countries…
The practice of reproductive surrogacy is in the news in Australia because of the story of a Thai child, Gammy, a twin who was apparently abandoned by the buyers because he was sick. They took his healthy…
Once in a while an unexpected event shines a revealing light on aspects of international relations we generally neglect or would rather not think about. The surrogacy saga that has seemingly transfixed…
The story of baby Gammy and his “surrogate” mother has captured the world’s attention, highlighting just how complex and fraught commercial surrogacy arrangements can be. It also shows Australia is right…
For singles and couples who can’t naturally conceive and carry a baby to term, surrogacy is sometimes considered an option to have a child. Current laws across Australia permit “altruistic” surrogacy which…
Chief Federal Court Magistrate John Pascoe’s call for amending Australian state legislation to allow commercial surrogacy, subject to statutory controls, has much to commend it. The aim of the legislation…
Assisted reproductive technology has grown significantly in Australia as in other countries and hundreds of thousands of children have now been born because of it around the world. Most of us know people…
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Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Reproduction, University of Waterloo
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Distinguished Research Professor, Emerita, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Law & Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Assistant Professor of Practical Theology & Spiritual Care, Emory University
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Academic; Consultant (Health Law), University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Public Health and Human Rights, Monash University
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Professor Emeritus of Applied Philosophy, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research Training and Development, RMIT University
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Senior lecturer in law, Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Lecturer in Law, La Trobe University
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Dean and Professor, Law School, La Trobe University
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Programme Director, Centre for Labour Law; Lecturer in Mercantile Law, University of the Free State
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Senior Lecturer in Labour Law, North-West University
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Director Bachelor Social Work Program, School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University
