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Bill 36390 was submitted in July 2023. On 12 October 2026 it finally reaches a full parliamentary debate — the first time intended parents, surrogates and donor-conceived children would get dedicated Dutch surrogacy law.

A gay couple from Esperance spent three years fighting Western Australia's surrogacy law before winning. A separate law already on the books will make their route the default for everyone else, starting mid-2027.

Quebec's law giving donor-conceived people a right to know their origins passed in 2023. The register it created only became fully populated this summer — the deadline for every clinic and courthouse to hand over their existing records was 6 June 2026.

Sir Gavin Williamson's amendment would have forced every part of England to fund IVF at the level NICE has recommended for 20 years. It never got a vote — the government offered a promise to "consider" it instead.

Both of the couple's children were conceived on the same day in 2004 and born 22 years apart. The transfer happened inside a two-and-a-half-month legal window.