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21 Jun 2015

Surrogacy and IVF

Health, LGBTI Community, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture

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Modern Families 02 Modern Families and The Law is a four part radio series that explores some of the legal difficulties and complexities faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people when interacting with the laws of the land.

Surrogacy is increasingly being used by Gay men to have their children however with altruistic surrogacy as the only legal option in Australia, going off shore for a commercial arrangement is increasingly occurring.

Moral and ethical issues aside, overseas surrogacy presents a vast array of legal issues, including but not limited to adoption laws and immigration upon return to Australia.

For Australian lesbian couples wishing to have children, IVF is the most sort-after option.

Surrogacy and IVF is the subject of this episode of Modern Families and the Law and our expert panel consists of:

Louise Johnson, CEO of VARTA
Marianne Tome, head of the Counselling Management team at Melbourne IVF
Keturah Sageman, Senior Associate at Nicholes Family Lawyers
David Bongiorno, Immigration Lawyer
Kim Berman, Clinical Psychologist and Co-Owner of US Surrogacy Agency Growing Generations
Sam Everingham, founder of Families Thru Surrogacy and Surrogacy Australia.
The Honourable Chief Judge John Pascoe AO CVO, Federal Circuit Court of Australia