Israel top court approves surrogacy for same-sex couples

The court ruled that restrictions on surrogacy for same-sex couples and single men within the Jewish state must be lifted within six months.

Surrogacy, where a woman agrees to bear a child for another person or couple, was legalised in Israel in 1996, at first only for heterosexual couples before single women were added. But conservative ultra-Orthodox lawmakers in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, thwarted a proposal to expand access. Gay rights advocate Oz Parvin, head of the Association of Israeli Gay Fathers, celebrated the ruling as "amazing".Story continues

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