Australian bishops call on government to enforce country’s surrogacy ban

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference is urging lawmakers to prohibit surrogacy in all cases in a letter submitted on July 9, 2025. / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Jul 16, 2025 / 12:05 pm (CNA). The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has urged the Australian Law Reform Commission to ban all forms of surrogacy, including “altruistic” arrangements, in a nine-page letter highlighting the “profound harms” of the practice.  “The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference calls on the Law Reform Commission to recommend the…