October 29th 2008

Advances in reproductive technology, harnessed to powerful emotional drives for parenthood, have outpaced an inconsistent patchwork of Australian biomedical law.

The silence of NSW law on surrogate motherhood is now being addressed, but how effective will regulation be in balancing community standards with what people are prepared to do to have a child? Would a national approach be more effective?

Anita Stuhmcke
Associate Professor Anita Stuhmcke has studied surrogacy and the laws surrounding it for more than 15 years, becoming a sought-out public commentator on the issues of using third parties to produce children. She teaches in the fields of tort and biomedical law in the UTS Faculty of Law, with a general research interest in exploring the limits of the law to accommodate social, political and economic change.

Resources

• flyer (PDF 52k)
• presentation slides (PDF 112k)
• talk (PDF 116k)
• audio recording (MP3 22.7 MB)

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