Surrogacy is a booming business. Some say it's 'empowering', others believe it exploits women
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Surrogacy is a booming business. Some say it's 'empowering', others believe it exploits women

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The concept of surrogacy — carrying and giving birth to a baby for someone else — has been around for thousands of years, with biblical figures Abraham and Jacob gaining children through this practice. In 2024, Pope Francis called for an international ban on surrogacy, labelling it a "deplorable" practice that "represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child". "The idea that the mother who gives birth to a child is unconditionally bonded to that child is at the base of a lot of our societal values, attitudes, and laws," Professor Somerville says. Dr Kao says she was commonly asked during her surrogacy pregnancy, "Aren't you afraid you're going to grow attached to this child and not want to give it up in the end?" "We have a situation at the moment where more Australians are travelling overseas, sometimes to unregulated countries in jurisdictions where the child's rights and the surrogate's rights are not protected," she says.

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