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Two men and a young girl sit together on a lounge chair, all laughing.

"Both of them were giving the gift of life to us."
Two men smiling broadly as a toddler in a pram grins for a selfie.

Two dads and one exuberant girl.

"A child is always a gift and never the basis of a commercial contract."

An elderly man in a white cap and gown reads from a piece of paper into a microphone.

"It's a bit rich to hear the Catholic Church, of all institutions, talking about women's and children's rights given their history,"
Mr Page said.

Two men hold a little girl as they sit ona  fence with a sunset behind them.

A woman smiles at the camera. She's sitting on a couch, wearing a dress with birds printed.

"While they gained parenthood and the ability to raise and parent her, what we gained together was this beautiful extended family,"
Mrs Jefford said.

A man sitting in his office with desk and storage in the background.

"The surrogates who carry for them often form strong relationships with those couples."

  • In Western Australia, a surrogate must have previously given birth to a child, and all parties must demonstrate they have spoken with a counsellor and received legal advice from a solicitor
  • In the ACT, NSW, and Queensland it is illegal to seek commercial surrogacy overseas, but those laws do not apply in other states
  • The ACT government is seeking to weaken some of its regulations to allow single people to access surrogacy and remove the requirement for an an intended parent to have a genetic connection to the child
Two dads and a small girl on a couch.

"It has been magical and very fun."

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