LIFE ISSUES Feminists, conservatives unite against surrogacy*

The issues of family planning and same-sex marriage get a lot of attention, both in the media and in political circles. But while airports light up in rainbow colours and people leave Tony Abbott flowers, the people who will truly suffer from the destabilisation of the family do not even have a vote. Most haven’t even got a voice to speak with yet. The children being created in test tubes, brought to term in surrogate wombs and aborted or abandoned are not heard.

Surrogacy commodifies …

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