Reproductive Medical Assistance

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1: High Court agrees sperm donor is father as he was involved in girl’s life | June 19, 2019

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…

2: Lesbian divorcees in modern age dispute over embryos | June 12, 2019

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

3: IVF win for Vic women split from spouse | June 5, 2019

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

4: Family Court allows Sex Change for Autistic Boy | September 4, 2017

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…

5: How to Bring an Overseas-born Surrogate Child Back to Australia | August 21, 2014

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..

6: Family Law Council Recommendations on Surrogacy Laws | August 18, 2014

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…

7: Surrogate Father of Twins labels Australia’s Surrogacy laws A DISGRACE | August 10, 2014

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…

8: Donor privacy should trump a need to know | July 8, 2013

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…

9: IVF parents lose $10m wrongful birth case, hit with legal costs | May 6, 2013

The parents of a severely disabled NSW boy have lost their $10 million damages case against an IVF specialist who failed to properly warn them of the likelihood their son would inherit a rare blood clotting condition…