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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ukraine: letter to the ministry of social policy for a ban on surrogacy
To Oksana Zholnovych, Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Copy to Ihor Klymenko Minister of Internal affairs – Montreuil, 01.11.2023 Dear Ms Oksana Zholnovych, We have the honour to draw your attention to an issue of great importance for the safety and health of women and children. This is the practice of […]
Letter to the members of the Irish Joint Committee on International Surrogacy
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 […]
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 […]
200 Women’s rights organisations call for a ban on surrogacy in Ukraine
Press release 2020-06-03 Women’s rights organisations call for a ban on surrogacy in Ukraine Recently international media have published shocking pictures from the Ukrainian surrogacy industry. Newborn babies in large numbers that cannot be picked up by foreign customers due to the countries’ closed borders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation has shed […]
Call to ban all forms of trade in children and women in the surrogacy industry in Ukraine
June 3, 2020 To the attention of Mr. Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, Call to ban all forms of trade in children and women in the surrogacy industry in Ukraine Dear mr. Zelensky, We, the undersigning organizations, have been made aware from international media of shocking pictures from one of the biggest […]
Letter to the President of Ukraine on the situation of children born by GPA and stranded in Ukraine
Mr. President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, Paris on May 11th, 2010 Mr. President, We have been alerted by the shocking pictures posted online by Biotexcom,, a clinic in Kyiv which offers assisted fertilization and surrogacy services to “intended parents” from all countries. Biotexcom has improvised a large nursery (called “maternal room” despite […]