French Background to the creation in 2018 of ICASM, the International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood

  From 1985 to 1990. The emergence of New Reproductive Technologies (NRTs) sparked concerns and alarm among French feminist researchers.Simultaneously, associations dedicated to organizing surrogacy in France were established. These associations were subsequently banned (1988 and 1989), while case law (1991) and legislation (1994) reaffirmed France’s fundamental principles of the non-availability and non-patrimoniality of the […]

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 […]

New action against HCCH’s draft convention on parentage

Context Since 2018, we have been attempting to alert States to the serious consequences of the draft convention initiated by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) on “parentage in the context of surrogate motherhood”. In vain. The work of the HCCH is set to continue in a direction favourable to the surrogacy market […]

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