Over the past few decades, the concept of consent has become one of the cornerstones of contemporary feminist activism. It has established itself as the decisive criterion used to distinguish between legitimate sexual relations, based on free, informed and enthusiastic agreement, and illegitimate and criminal relations, imposed through coercion, manipulation or abuse of vulnerability. On […]
Advocacy Kit for the abolitionist position
Surrogate motherhood is a form of human trafficking and should be condemned as such.
The text written by Berta O. Garcia was forwarded to Reem Alsalem, United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls. Definition of Surrogacy Firstly, it is necessary to define what surrogate pregnancy is – or whatever name is used to refer to this practice – in order to clarify that it is not […]
Maternal milk, along with surrogacy and egg harvesting, a new field of exploitation of women
Context: Maternal milk is increasingly recognised as important for the wellbeing of infants Let’s be careful on the vocabulary The researchers, the scientist,s the industry use terms like “human milk, “lactating bodies “avoiding to specify that this milk is exclusively produced by women Therefore we will prefer using maternal milk ou mother’s milk. The WHO […]
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 […]
Fact sheet: How is surrogacy a social and economic practice?
Considered by some as a medical breakthrough and interpreted as an assisted reproduction technique, this view hides a social practice that must be assessed in terms of human rights. It is a mistake to consider it as a medical technique to assist reproduction. Surrogacy is a social and commercial practice based on a medical […]
Fact sheet: Surrogacy Worldwide
This fact sheet provides an overview of the different forms and laws of surrogacy around the world. We’ll look briefly at how surrogacy is treated in different countries, as well as its definitions, concepts, regulations, scope and origins. l/The different types of surrogacies Definition: Surrogacy is defined as the social practice of recruiting, with or […]
Fact sheet: surrogacy and children
[Update 15 11 2023] Very little research has been done on the effects of surrogacy on the children born from it. That’s why we explored the websites and blogs that tell the stories of children born through surrogacy. An analysis of these testimonies led us to identify several common themes. A sense of rejection To […]
Developments in the ECHR positions on parentage and surrogacy
Cases condemned by the ECHR (European Court of Human Rights) Case of Paradiso and Campanelli Italy [1](2017): In 2015, the European Court of Human Rights had ruled against the Italian law with a decision of January 27, 2015. In this case, the Italian court had condemned an Italian couple who had used surrogacy in Russia […]