Becoming a Parent - ART in Victoria
From 2010, same-sex couples are able to use IVF and other assisted reproductive services in Victoria to become pregnant. Self-insemination is also now legal.
Information on ART options in Victoria:
For information about Victorian laws and regulations relating to assisted reproductive services, becoming a donor, or using altruistic surrogacy, Child Protection Order Checks and National Police Record Checks, see the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority (formerly the Victorian Infertility Treatment Authority) www.varta.org.au
Assisted Reproductive Treatment Clinics
Melbourne IVF www.mivf.com.au
Monash IVF www.monashivf.com
Note: Other clinics also provide these services however these two clinics are the most commonly used so therefore have been listed here.
A list of other clinics in Victoria is available on the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority website http://www.varta.org.au/www/257/1003057/displayarticle/art-providers-clinics--1003340.html
Altruistic Surrogacy
For details on Altruistic Surrogacy including how to find a surrogate or apply to the Patient Review Panel to the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority (formerly the Victorian Infertility Treatment Authority)
www.varta.org.au
Birth Certificates
Go to the Victorian Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages website - Go to the Births section and see the pages 'Registering a Birth' to register a birth or 'Correcting a Birth Certificate' to add a non-birth mother to a birth certificate.
Donor Treatment Registers
For details on the Donor Treatment Registers including the Central Register and the Voluntary Register go to Victorian Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Donor Treatment Registers page. These registers record information about the people who are connected to assisted reproductive treatment (ART) (donors, people receiving ART, and donor-conceived children)
