Vickie Chapman’s surrogacy bill to help gay couples have children

Attorney-General Vickie Chapman will today introduce a raft of amendments to South Australia’s surrogacy laws into Parliament, with the intent of making it easier for people – including gay couples and single parents – to have surrogate children.

Draft SA bill would remove “discriminatory” restriction on surrogacy

Attorney-General Vickie Chapman is seeking public feedback on removing a contentious legal restraint that prohibits single people from becoming parents to surrogate-born children.

Thai surrogate mother Pattaramon Chanbua with Gammy in 2014. The baby boy was born with Down Syndrome and subsequently abandoned by his Australian commissioning parents. Photo: AP

Time to think of the children in surrogacy cases

It is time for an overhaul of Australia’s surrogacy laws, argues Morry Bailes.