New laws passed to regulate surrogacy in WA
Source: Western Australia. Minister for Health. Media Release
"Western Australian women unable to bear children due to medical reasons will soon be able to use a surrogate to have a baby under new laws passed by Parliament. Health Minister Dr Kim Hames said the Surrogacy Bill 2008 would help women in this distressing predicament to have a family of their own. “This Bill will mean that WA now has a robust framework for the regulation of surrogacy and will allow for the legal transfer of parentage for children born as the result of surrogacy arrangements,” he said. The Surrogacy Bill 2007 was introduced by the previous government last March. The reintroduction of the Bill was a priority and one of the Liberal-National Government’s commitments for its first 100 days in office."