The Irish Joint Committee on International Surrogacy has been working fo 4 months and will finalize its recommandations on June 2022. Listening to their debates proves that nearly all the members and panelists are in favour of surrogacy, wether commercial or restricted. Senator Sharon Keogan tried to share her critical point of on surrogacy with […]
How many more scandals will it take?
Press release ICASM 26 04 2022 As everyone knows, the war in Ukraine has been going on for eight years. Two years ago, the pandemic with the images of those babies stranded in Ukraine revealed the true face of surrogacy to the world. Public opinion was outraged, Ukrainian officials considered putting a stop to […]
ICASM initiative: the book published by Spinifex “Towards the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood”
INVITATION TO THE LAUNCH OF THE BOOK “Towards the Abolition of surrogatye motherhood.” Register in advance HERE Order from SPINIFEX PRESS HERE Surrogacy is not liberty. It is a crime. Women will not settle for junk liberty. We want real freedom – the substance, not just the appearance. We want real nourishment for our spirits. We […]
The VERONA PRINCIPLES are a new attempt to organise surrogacy globally
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE VERONA PRINCIPLES FROM A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE Access to the synthesis HERE Content Principle 1: Human dignity Principles 2 to 5: fundamental rights of the child Principle 6: The best interests of the child Principle 7: Surrogate consent Principle 8: Consent of the intended parent(s) Principle 9: Consent of persons providing human […]
FEMINIST CRITICAL DOCUMENT ON THE VERONA PRINCIPLES
It is worth paying attention to two initiatives that, under an alleged concern for the rights of children born through surrogacy, aim at regulating cross border surrogacy. Feminist critique of the Verona Principles The detailed analysis if the Verona Principles is available HERE Surrogate motherhood is a social practice that consists of recruiting a […]
ICASM RENEWS ITS OPPOSITION TO THE HAGUE CONFERENCE WORK ON SURROGACY
Press release 15/11/2021 On the website of the Hague Conference (HCCH), it is said that the group of experts will meet again from 15 to 19 November, by videoconference, to finalize a report on parentage for children born through surrogate motherhood. The expert group was established in 2015 by the HCCH Council on General Affairs […]
RALLIES IN BRUSSELS AND BILBAO TO PROTEST AGAINST CHILD SELLING SALONS
November 3, 2021 PRESS RELEASE FAIRS PROMOTE SURROGACY IN THE HEART OF EUROPE IN BRUSSELS On the weekend of November 6 and 7, 2021, in Brussels, the event “Men Having Babies” will be held. Its stated aim is to provide information on the practice of surrogate motherhood although this practice is not officially legalized […]
The evidence is clear: surrogacy is nothing but the sale of children and reproductive exploitation of women
PRESS RELEASE ICASM Paris, September 7, 2021 On 4 and 5 September 2021, the DESIR D’ENFANT trade fair was held in Paris: ICASM, supported by its organizations members, was there to oppose this practice, on the theme of the dystopia by Margaret Atwood : the handmaid’s tale. On display and in the workshops it […]
ALERT SURROGACY : FRANCE COMPLICIT IN THE EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN AND THE SALE OF CHILDREN
PRESS RELEASE Paris, August 30, 2021 ALERT SURROGACY: FRANCE COMPLICIT IN THE EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN AND THE SALE OF CHILDREN On 4 and 5 September 2021, in Paris, the “Désir d’enfant” trade fair will be held. Its stated aim is to provide information on the various possibilities of becoming parents. Surrogacy is one of […]
SURROGACY KILLS
Surrogacy is a practice that jeopardizes the health and lives of surrogate mothers. But this aspect is systematically ignored. This webinar will illustrate this hidden reality. Thursday July 1st. 2018 – 6 pm (french time) Register HERE Ana-Luana Stoicea-Deram is a member of the Collective for the Respect of the Person (CoRP) and co-president […]