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<p>In his annual speech on threats to global peace and human dignity, Pope Francis said asking another woman to carry a baby for you, was 'commercialisation'.  Picture: Alessandra Tarantino/AP</p>

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<p>Sonia Kelly and Tara Ryan. Sonia, who’s a childminder and baker, and her wife Tara, who’s a civil servant, earn less than €60,000 annually. Picture: Kieran Ryan-Benson</p>

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<p> Cathy and Keith Wheatley with their twins Elsie and Ted protesting outside Leinster House last November about delays to assisted human reproduction legislation. Cathy was back on Kildare St yesterday, but this time inside, at a session of the Oireachtas committee for children. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins</p>

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