Committee Details

Reporting date

The Investigation into Altruistic Surrogacy Committee reported to the Legislative Assembly on 8 October 2008 and was subsequently disbanded.

Terms of reference

(a) Should altruistic surrogacy be decriminalised in Queensland?

(b) If so:

• What role should the Queensland Government play in regulating altruistic surrogacy arrangements in Queensland?
• What criteria, if any, should the commissioning parent/s and/or surrogate have to meet before entering into an altruistic surrogacy arrangement?
• What role should a genetic relationship between the child and the commissioning parent/s and/or surrogate play in any altruistic surrogacy arrangement?
• What legal rights and responsibilities should be imposed upon the commissioning parent/s and/or surrogate?
• What rights should a child born through an altruistic surrogacy arrangement have to access information relating to his or her genetic parentage? Who should hold this information?
• What, if any, other matters should be considered in the regulation of this issue?

The committee’s terms of reference exclude consideration of commercial surrogacy, which is illegal throughout Australia.