Family advocates in the media

Date: 2010.02.09 | Category: Uncategorized | Tags:

Australian Christian Lobby want gays banned from surrogacy (AAP)

…The Australian Christian Lobby says children are not pets and should not simply be given to anyone who wants one.

ACL managing director Jim Wallace says the surrogacy bill should have been directed at permitting surrogacy as a last resort for infertile married couples. Instead it represents a piece of radical social engineering which will alter the natural make-up of the family by permitting single adults and same-sex couples to have children via surrogacy, he said. Read more

Surrogacy seen as threat to children’s rights (Zenit news agency)

…A proposed bill that would legalize altruistic surrogacy in Queensland is not only unnecessary, but is a violation of one’s birthright to enter into the world with a mother and a father, says the Family Council of Queensland.

The bill is strongly opposed by almost all Christian denominations, as well as the Jewish and Muslim faiths.

Alan Baker of the Kids Rights Count campaign maintains that “the Government is trying to rush it through before the wider community realizes that this extreme piece of social engineering will deprive some children born in the contexts of surrogacy, AID and IVF of either a mother or a father.” Read more

Surrogacy law concerns raised (Catholic Leader)

THE campaign to oppose Queensland’s proposed surrogacy laws has stepped up with further meetings between senior government figures and Church and pro-family leaders.

Last Wednesday, a delegation including Archbishop John Bathersby of Brisbane and Queensland Bioethics Centre (QBC) director Ray Campbell met with State Attorney-General Cameron Dick to discuss amendments to lessen the impact of the legislation. Read more