New Zealand is working to update surrogacy laws to make the process easier
WELLINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) – The New Zealand government will update the country’s surrogacy law to make the process easier and less discriminatory, New Zealand’s Justice Minister Kiri Allan said late on Tuesday.
“Surrogacy has become an established method of forming a family for people unable to carry a child themselves. However, the laws that apply to surrogacy are outdated and need to change,” Allan said in a statement.
Parents must adopt a child born by surrogacy under the 70-year-old adoption laws.
The Parliamentary Health Committee is reviewing the new law proposed by Labor Member of Parliament Tāmati Coffey, while