More media coverage the day of the debate: Wednesday 10th Feb

Date: 2010.02.10 | Category: Children's Rights, Parliament, Same Sex Parenting, Surrogacy | Tags: parenting,same-sex,Surrogacy

Surrogacy laws “trampling on the rights of children” says Alan Baker (Courier Mail)

Family Council of Queensland president Alan Baker called the Bill “a Trojan horse for the normalisation of same-sex parenting”, saying it established in law “the absurd proposition that two men or two women are the same as a mother and father.” Read more

Children’s rights threatened by surrogacy Bill: Family Council (CathNews)

“this bill smuggles in an oppressive proposal to deprive children of their birthright – their fundamental right to enter the world, as all of us did, with both a mother and a father” says family doctor, David van Gend. Read more

Surrogacy standoff looms in Queensland Parliament (AAP)

Church and family groups have weighed in, urging MPs to reject the bill saying it will threaten the traditional family model and normalise same-sex parenting. Read more

Government stands firm on surrogacy laws (ABC news)

Deputy Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg says the State Government is trying to impose ideas from the “loopy left” on the community. Read more