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Making commercial surrogacy illegal only makes aspiring parents go elsewhere

By Dr. Paula Gerber When many people hear the word “surrogacy” their immediate reaction is to think of the plight of Baby Gammy, abandoned in Thailand by his intended parents. Yet stories like this do not reflect the experience of hundreds of Australians who travel overseas every year to start a family through compensated surrogacy.…
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The 2015 Human Rights Report – Why commercial surrogacy should be legalised
By Ronli Sifris This piece is featured in the 2015 Castan Centre Human Rights Report. We will be featuring the articles on the blog throughout the month of May. In August 2014, the story of Baby Gammy hit the headlines nationwide. Baby Gammy was born with Down Syndrome as part of a surrogacy arrangement between his biological…

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