Victorian Numbered Acts

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT AMENDMENT ACT 2021 (NO. 39 OF 2021) - SECT 29

After section 44 of the Principal Act insert —

        " 44A     Rights of surrogate mother in relation to pregnancy and birth

    (1)     This section applies in relation to a surrogacy arrangement despite anything that the parties to the arrangement may have agreed, whether orally or in writing.

    (2)     The surrogate mother has the same rights as any other pregnant woman has to make decisions or take actions in relation to the management of the pregnancy and the birth of the child.".