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Podcast: McBlog by Bob McCoskrie
Episode: FAMILY MATTERS: Should we be making surrogacy easier in New Zealand?
Description: June 2022: The Law Commission has just released its review of surrogacy laws in New Zealand, and argues that surrogacy and sperm & egg donation is a legitimate form of family building that requires a specific legal framework to promote and protect the rights and interests of surrogate-born children, surrogates and intended parents. There’s also a private members bill by Labour MP Tamati Coffey to make surrogacy easier which is currently before a Select Committee.But the question that nobody seems to be asking is - should we be making surrogacy and sperm donation “easier”? Are we truly consid...