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Australian Christian Lobby want gays banned from surrogacy |
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Australian News
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Written by AAP
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 22:26 |
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Christian lobby group says surrogacy should not a option for gay and lesbian couples who want children and be a last resort for infertile married couples,
The Australian Christian Lobby has called on Queensland MPs to amend or reject a new bill to decriminalise altruistic surrogacy, where a woman carries another couple's child for no payment.
Heated debate is expected in parliament as MPs debate the issue this week, with the opposition hoping to restrict access for same-sex couples. The ACL 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.
"The Bligh government knocked back same-sex adoption, but is now going against the logic in that decision by creating situations where a surrogate child could end up with two mummies or two daddies or even just one parent - right from birth," Mr Wallace said in a statement on Tuesday.
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