Surrogacy likely to be legalised in the Northern Territory, bringing it into line with the rest of Australia

Kelsey and Aaron Rouse describe their six-and-a-half-year struggle with infertility as an “ongoing nightmare”.

Key points:

The NT is the only jurisdiction in Australia with no surrogacy laws
A surrogacy bill was introduced in March and was likely to be debated in the May sittings
If it passes, eligible territory families may be able to surrogacy legally by the end of 2022

The Darwin couple has spent more than $70,000 trying to have a baby: visiting two separate IVF clinics and having 13 embryo transfers.

Ten of those transfers failed, and three ended in miscarriage.