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Surrogacy is on the increase in Australia, but agreements can be legally, medically and emotionally complex

Leisa Scott and Alison Davis live in the same regional Queensland town and both are surrogate mums.

They are among the approximately 100 Australian women who birth babies for other families each year and Surrogacy Australia says the number is growing.

In Australia, it is illegal to pay a woman for being a surrogate and the arrangements can be medically, emotionally, financially and legally complex.

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