Occasionally I will stick my nose into governmental affairs of other Countries.  Recently I corresponded with the Queensland Parliment, Australia.  They have appointed a "Investigation into Altruistic Surrogacy Committee" to look at the decriminalization of altruistic surrogacy.  In addition, the Committee will address:

a. The role of government in regulating surrogacy arrangements,

b. The threshold criteria commissioning parent/s and/or surrogate have to meet to qualify,

c. The legal rights and responsibilities to be imposed upon the commissioning parent/s and/or surrogate.

The report will be issued on September 30, 2008.  I cannot wait to see what they recommend!