Calls have intensified for an inquiry into international commercial surrogacy after another case of Australians leaving children behind overseas. There are renewed calls for an inquiry into international commercial surrogacy laws, following the ABC’s revelations about another Australian couple having surrogate twins overseas and leaving one baby behind. The latest case involves twins born to a surrogate mother in India. The Australian family only wanted to take home one of the babies, with the selection allegedly being made because of the child’s gender. The Indian case happened about two years ago and echoes the recent case of baby Gammy, who was born in Thailand to a surrogate mother and whose Australian parents only brought back his twin sister. Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court John Pascoe has been campaigning for an inquiry into international commercial surrogacy. “I find it almost unbelievable that Australians would be choosing a child on the basis of sex,” he told the ABC. “It’s particularly tragic, when you think there are wonderful people out there who would love to have a child of any sex, that someone would choose to leave a baby behind.

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