CALL TO REFORM AUSTRALIAN IVF LAW: From the Herald Sun

[Elizabeth Marquardt comments here. --Eve]

...In an interim report on assisted reproduction, Victoria's Law Reform Commission said the rule that IVF treatment was only available to de facto or married couples should go.

Ending discrimination would allow lesbian couples and single women to receive medical assistance to have children.

Commission chairwoman Prof Marcia Neave said the High Court had found limiting IVF treatment to de facto and married couples to be discriminatory.

The commission said all discrimination based on race, sexuality, or marital status should be removed.

"There is no evidence that marital status affects the wellbeing of children and we have proposed a way of dealing with issues which have a direct impact on children's welfare," Prof Neave said.

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