From the Office of the Queensland Senate Candidate for Family First, Wendy
Francis
Media Release
9 Feb 2010
Family First’s Francis says NO to single parent
surrogacy – calls on QLD parliament to reject
“abhorrent” bill
Allowing children to be born with no legal mother or father is a disgrace and
Australians should be appalled that the Bligh government could consider such a
move, says Queensland senate candidate for Family First Wendy Francis.
The Queensland Surrogacy Bill is on track to be passed this week and Francis says
that most Queenslanders would be shocked if they really knew the details of the bill.
“This is not about helping infertile couples – it’s a law that allows absolutely anyone
including a single man or women or a same gender couple to use a surrogate
woman’s womb to order a baby”, she said.
Francis has echoed the concern of many organisations including the Family Council
of Queensland in calling this “a piece of legislation that will destroy the meaning of
the word ‘parent’ and deprive children of their right to have a mother and father.”
“It’s a disgraceful attack on the family and will cause immeasurable harm to those we
must protect – children who are yet to be born”, she said. “You can only imagine the
psychological implications for the child who is forced to live their life without a mother
or father because two men or two women – or a single person - selfishly want to
have a baby. In these cases the mother or father would cease to exist in law”.
Francis said while many single or homosexual people may be loving parents, society
has an obligation to give a child a mother and a father. “We have no right to make
the choice for the child to simply erase a parent”, she said.
Francis has called upon Labor members to vote with their conscience and join
opposition members in defeating this horrific bill.
Wendy Francis is available for an interview today.
To arrange please contact Lyall Mercer on 0413-749-830
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