 Also under the "Adoption Act 1988" (section 29)  for a birth-mother's same-sex partner to adopt any children she has through fertility treatment under the stepchild adoption provision.In 2012, Tasmania passed two pieces of legislation to legally allow altruistic surrogacy.The two laws are called the "Surrogacy Act No 34" and the "Surrogacy (Consequential Amendments) Act No 31" Proposed altruistic surrogacy legislation was drafted and passed by both houses of the Tasmanian parliament - only after a review of the "Surrogacy Contracts Act 1993 No 4" and after an ongoing community consultation process.