For many, the road to parenthood is a bumpy one, but for single men hoping to find a surrogate in Australia, it can be particularly hard. Despite the often difficult process, these men are determined to be fathers…

The Spanish woman, now 69, has been told by a court that she is not allowed to care for the children, who were born via IVF…

The High Court has found a man who donated his sperm to a lesbian friend to have a child is the father, due to his involvement in the child’s life…

A woman has asked the Family Court to order the destruction of 12 embryos — even though she has no genetic link to them…

Women will no longer need the approval of their former partner to access IVF in Victoria using their own eggs and donor sperm…

A 16-year-old boy suffering from autism has been granted permission to begin sex change treatments, provided he has his sperm frozen in case he wants children…

The spate of cases raises questions about the legal rights a child born to an overseas surrogate has in Australia, and what rights Australians who engage in surrogacy agreements have in Thailand and other countries..

The Attorney-General, George Brandis, has released the Family Law Council’s report on Parentage and the Family Law Act, which calls for a coordinated international response to the issue of overseas surrogacy arrangements…

The commercial surrogacy laws in essentially all Australian states and territories have been criticised far and wide. Implemented to prevent the commercialisation and ultimately exploitation of people involved in the practice, all it seems to have achieved is drive people under-ground, and forced many Australians to seek overseas, that which they have been denied access to in Australia…

Retroactively removing anonymity from donors is a terrible idea with significant repercussions. People haven’t been able to donate anonymously in Victoria since 1988 and before that not every donor’s identity was recorded, so many people desperate for their genetic history will be disappointed…