Women have the right to safety, dignity and to be considered as full human beings. The International Day of Action for Women’s Rights reminds us of this. And today, these rights are still not guaranteed. As a feminist organisation fighting for the abolition of surrogate motherhood, ICAMS is confronted daily with the reality of […]
ICASM support Taiwan feminists fighting against surrogacy
As an international feminist coalition for the abolition of surrogate motherhood, we fully support the action of the Taiwan Women’s Link against the attempt to open up Taiwan to surrogacy. We join them in protesting against this bill and the ongoing amendments. Surrogacy commodifies women and children, it cares for no one, neither the […]
For the attention of the members of the HCCH Parentage / Surrogacy Project Working Group. 4 November 2024
ICAMS calls on the members of the HCCH working group at each session For the attention of the members of the HCCH Parentage / Surrogacy Project Working Group Paris, 4 November 2024 Dear Ladies and Gentlemen For this 3rd meeting of the Working Group on the Project on Parentage, including that linked […]
UNFPA. No, surrogacy is neither a “family-building option” nor a form of “comprehensive family planning”
On July 23rd, 2024, in collaboration with our 50 affiliated organizations across 15 countries, we submitted a joint letter to the UNFPA expressing our firm opposition to their definition of surrogate motherhood. Dear Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director Dear UNFPA Executive Board Members, We are writing to express our concerns about the portrayal of […]
Newsletter – may 2024
Belgium Women against surrogacy Belgium has been very active in countering the Belgian Bioethics Advisory Committee’s opinion no. 86 in favour of opening up to surrogacy. Their petition has collected more than 1,000 signatures, and is still gathering more. The conference they organised in Brussels in collaboration with ICASM and the Université des Femmes was […]
ICASM Newsletter – February 2024
Petition Surrogate motherhood: Rejection of Opinion No. 86 of the Belgian Advisory Committee on Bioethics On April 17, 2023, in response to Minister Frank Vandenbroucke, the Belgian Bioethics Advisory Committee issued opinion no. 86 on surrogacy (GPA). We strongly oppose this opinion, biased in favor of surrogacy legalization, ignoring women’s and children’s rights. Choose women’s […]
Ireland. June 2024. The surrogacy Bill passed
Empty Chambers, Full Force: Surrogacy Bill Passes Under Irish Radar Press release 20 june 2024 We, the International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood (ICASM), as feminist defenders of women’s, children’s, and human rights, consider that the Irish Assisted Human Reproduction Bill, as voted, is incompatible with European ideals of human dignity and the […]
Fact sheet: Surrogacy and violence against women
06/11/2024 A printable version is available here: A4 format violence page and leaflet format violence leaflet_complet Defining surrogacy: a social practice, not a medical technique To better understand surrogacy, it’s important to distinguish it as a social practice and not a medical technique. Surrogacy is the practice of recruiting, with or without payment, a woman […]
Any form of surrogacy is incompatible with international legal instruments.
A printable version is available here: as A4 format Any form of surrogacy is incompatible PAGE , or as leaflet format Any form of surrogacy is incompatible leaflet COMPLET. This article explains how surrogacy violates all the international treaties and the very concepts of universal human right DIGNITY The “Charter of the United Nations”[1] reaffirms […]
YES, from a feminist perspective, reproductive surrogacy is human trafficking
Press Release Revision of the European Directive on the Prevention of Trafficking in Human Beings 30 April 2024 The Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims is a necessary and useful text, but it is not enough. Important additions […]