00:00Taiwan's cabinet says it's time to ensure the right to seek assisted reproduction
00:04for married lesbian couples and unmarried women.
00:08They've proposed changing the current laws to do that.
00:11The proposal was originally submitted by the Health Ministry.
00:32It aims to tackle the country's declining birth rate, the lowest in the world.
00:37It says anyone with a healthy uterus should be able to decide whether to have children.
00:43But some say it excludes those who don't have a healthy uterus.
00:48LGBTQ plus rights group's Tongzhi hotline says while it supports the government's efforts at inclusivity,
00:54more open and nuanced discussions about surrogacy options is needed.
01:07Surrogacy is illegal in Taiwan, and while legalizing it was included in the Health Ministry's proposal,
01:24that was dismissed during cabinet reviews.
01:27Some lawmakers who support the practice cite polls from the past three decades favoring legalization.
01:33They say officials need to listen to the public.
01:36This method is a vote. It doesn't have a sense.
01:40And for the women who are not eligible for waiting for a child,
01:44especially for children who have a child, and the women who have a child,
01:48it is a pleasure to be able to do it.
01:49Some women in Taiwan are confident that once surrogacy is properly regulated,
01:54it will allow women to decide if they want to bear children for themselves or for others,
02:00while benefiting those who never had the option to begin with.
02:02This if I'm open to her,
02:04then the women who develop things to do this is a legalization for men to do the women's own.
02:06So I think it's still my own choice.
02:08However, if I want to open this,
02:10when it becomes a duality of men's men's people
02:12like they don't think they should be worried about this,
02:14even if they have the need for the job,
02:15then they want to come to the outside
02:16then they can't pay more錢.
02:17It will definitely be a little not...
02:19just a bit fair.
02:20I think I can.
02:21It is an move to my decision.
02:23However, they don't do that with the system.
02:25It doesn't mean that they don't represent their behavior.
02:26They don't want to talk about them well.
02:28It doesn't mean they don't say they don't have a role.
02:30I think they don't know.
02:30The proposed amendment still needs legislative approval.
02:41If passed, it could not only help boost a country's birth rate,
02:44but also give more people the chance to build a family.
02:48Chris Ma and Irene Lin for Taiwan Plus.
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