By Sarah Dean Surrogacy lawyer Stephen Page has slammed Australia's strict regulations as he told how his clients turn to Thai surrogates in desperation The babies of desperate Australians who are using surrogate mothers in Thailand could end up being put into orphanages after Thai surrogacy laws changed this week, a lawyer has warned. Australians using surrogates in Thailand could also be prosecuted for human trafficking under the new laws that ban surrogacy if the prospective parents aren't blood relatives. Lawyer Stephen Page called the changes 'appalling' and said his clients have been left with no way to contact the pregnant woman carrying their babies, after the Thai military allegedly confiscated medical records from IVF clinics.
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Lawyer Stephen Page said Australia's surrogacy laws are too restrictive
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His clients use Thai surrogate mothers after trying all other avenues
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Changes in Thailand this week have outlawed the practice
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Comes as Thai woman Pattharamon Janbua reveals she was offered $11,700 to be a surrogate mother by an Australian couple
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But when she gave birth to twins they only took the girl
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Left the boy who has Down syndrome in Bangkok
Mr Page said all the Australian couples he'd met only seek overseas surrogacy as a last resort because @placeholder laws are so restrictive.