Queensland Debates Surrogacy Bill

(9 Feb 10 - RV) The Queensland Government has brought forward debate on its controversial Surrogacy Bill, which if passed will legalise same-sex parenting.
The Bill would decriminalize non-commercial surrogacy for both heterosexual and homosexual couples, and single people. Queensland is the only Australian state where altruistic surrogacy is against the law.
Dr David van Gend, spokesperson for the Kids Rights Count campaign, points out that the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of the Child affirms that a child must not "save in the most exceptional circumstances, be separated from his mother."