The Auditor-General has finally made public the Victorian Law Reform Commission’s report on access to assisted reproductive technology and adoption. Thankfully, the recommendations are pretty good - if they were all made into law, we’d both be considered legal parents of our children, and they would be legally siblings; and a lot of women wouldn’t have to go through the expensive and heartbreaking process of travelling interstate to access fertility treatment. There are also some sensible recommendations about adoption and surrogacy. The hardest step now is convincing the politicians to actually change the law.
Sadly, the homophobes are already out in force, including our fearless leaders John Howard and his lackey Tony Abbott. It never ceases to amaze me how mean our opponents are about our little families - we create them with such love and care, and yet all they can spout is hatred and bigotry. Why?
