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 Chief Justice of the Federal Circuit Court suggested Australia had an obligation to track down and look after the welfare of such children.
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Fresh details have emerged of a 2012 case of an Australian couple who were delivered twins via a commercial surrogacy arrangement in India, but brought only one twin home. Does Australia have obligations to ensure the other twin’s welfare?
The case of Baby Gammy made the Australian public confront the often-disturbing reality of the international commercial surrogacy industry.
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This year the international spotlight turned with full-force on cross-border commercial surrogacy. The reality of children being born this way and the potentially devastating consequences of babies being…