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 […]
Against the advisory Opinion No. 86 of the Belgian Consultative Bioethics Committee
This analysis was carried out jointly by ICASM, the Université des Femmes and Women against Surrogacy Belgium To counter this shameful opinion, sign this petition which is promoted by fourteen women’s organizations, most of which are active in Belgium. On April 17, 2023, the Belgian Bioethics Committee issued an advisory Opinion No. 86 […]
ICASM Newsletter – November 2023
Strength in Numbers: Petition Success Against Hague Conference Appreciation goes out to the 8200 individuals (500 organizations) who signed the petitions opposing the Hague Conference’s initiatives regarding “parentage in the context of surrogacy.” The most recent petition garnered an additional 1,400 signatures on top of the previous ones. Together, these petitions represent a collective effort […]
ICASM Newsletter – October 2023
SIGN THE CALL TO STOP ALL ATTEMPTS TO ORGANIZE SURROGACY Together with more than 60 feminist and human rights organisations, ICASM has launched an urgent petition calling on the Hague Conference to reject proposed regulations that would expand commercial surrogacy globally. As an organization, ICASM sees surrogacy as a violation of human rights and feminist principles. […]
ICASM Newsletter – June 2023
UN. CONTACT WITH THE RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Following the event organised by ICAMS in New York in March 2023 (CSW67), we sent a statement to all UN Rapporteurs and Agencies involved in one way or another with the issue of surrogacy, highlighting the extent to which surrogacy undermines women’s rights. In response, the […]
ICASM – Newsletter – April 2023
NEW DEBATE IN SPAIN ON SURROGACY AND ABORTION The reform of the Law on Sexual Health and Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy recognizes surrogacy as a form of violence against women and a serious violation of our reproductive rights, reiterating the prohibition of this practice in Spain and also prohibiting any advertising by agencies that profit […]
Some points against regulation/harmonisation of surrogacy by the Hague Conference on Private International Law
by Stoppt Leihmutterschaft – Austria – Felix Surrogacy and international law Opinion on the mandate and negotiations of the Expert and Working Group of the General Affairs and Policy Council of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) Background: From 2016-2022, an expert group of the HCCH met to examine the possibility of further […]