Australian study finds hospitals unprepared for surrogacy births, prompting calls for guidelines

Published Date: 12 Sep 2025

Fewer than 1 in 10 hospitals in New South Wales and Victoria have policies to guide surrogacy births, new research has found, prompting urgent calls from experts for national standards.

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