Australian bishops call on government to enforce country’s surrogacy ban

Australian bishops call on government to enforce country’s surrogacy ban

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference is urging lawmakers to prohibit surrogacy in all cases in a letter submitted on July 9, 2025. / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Jul 16, 2025 / 12:05 pm (CNA). The Australian Catholic Bishops Confere... [...]

Australian bishops call on government to enforce country’s surrogacy ban - The Catholic Leader

THE Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has urged the Australian Law Reform Commission to ban all forms of surrogacy, including “altruistic” arrangements, in a nine-page letter highlighting the “profound harms” of the practice.  “The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference calls on the Law Reform Commission to recommend the prohibition of all forms of surrogacy in Australia,” the bishops wrote.  […] The post Australian bishops call on governme…