Hear The Voices Of Those On The Frontline

Auditorium 2

Saturday, 11 October 2025

13:45-15:15 BST

(1h 30m)

The media glorifies the commissioning people— marketed as ‘intended parents’—while ignoring the children born through surrogacy and erasing the women who bore them. Silenced by gagging contracts, most surrogate mothers are forced into invisibility. Yet some dare to break the silence. Their voices, together with the evidence we have gathered, expose the truth: surrogacy is not care, not choice—it is a predatory system that exploits women and commodifies children.”

Introduction to the testimony of the 3 surrogates mothers: Lexi from stop surrogacy Now.
- Julie
- Christian
- Marie -Anne
Conclusion Surrogacy, a multimillionaire industry, a predatory system on women and children, a new chapter on violence against women. Marie Josèohe Devillers from ICASM
Li Wen : surrogacy in China
With Julie McGee Head of National Community Engagement FiLiA to chair the panel

Join The Fight To Abolish Surrogacy! Meet The Organisations At The Forefront Of This Movement

Meeting Room 9

Sunday, 12 October 2025

09:00-10:30 BST

(1h 30m)

Surrogacy is a multimillion-dollar industry – a predatory system targeting women and children, and a new chapter in violence against women. Feminists have succeeded in putting issues such as femicide, sexual mutilation, prostitution, and pornography on the political agenda. Our goal now is that the abolition of surrogacy will be included as well.

Meet the speakers of the Saturday’s pannel and the representatives of organisations involved in the fight against surrogacy

Lexi Stop Surrogacy Now UK
Christian
Marie Anne
Julie
Marie Josèphe Devillers ICASM
Radicaillin Ireland
Maria Dmitrieva Ukraine – Development and democracy center – Ukraine
Renate Klein FINNRAGE – Australia
net/ Li Wen . – China (depending on the timetable, she might leave early on Sunday).
And more