Women are not for use and children are not for transfer: The Melbourne Declaration to Abolish Surrogacy

The AAWAA Women’s Advocate · Sep 10, 2026 · 14m

As the Australian Law Reform Commission prepares to provide its report on surrogacy laws, Megan and Amber read the Melbourne Declaration to Abolish Surrogacy in full. The Declaration emerged from the National Conference on Surrogacy, ‘In the Name of the Child’, held in Melbourne in August 2026. It calls on Australian governments to abolish all forms of surrogacy and to protect the rights of those already affected without using those protections to justify future arrangements.

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