Letter to the Council of Europe
Paris, 12 November 2025 Co-operation Unit Gender Equality Division DGII: Directorate General of Democracy and Human Dignity Council of Europe Avenue de l’Europe, F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France Dear Members of the Gender Equality Division, On behalf of the International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogacy (ICAMS)—a network of 50 member organisations across 17 countries […]
Towards the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood, collective work coordinated by ICAMS
Criticising and opposing surrogacy automatically places you in the camp of evil. For several years now, most French media outlets – both public and private – have been promoting it assiduously through advertorials and complacent programs. Scientific publications supported by the CNRS cite the Bible as irrefutable proof of its antiquity, supposedly justifying and legitimising […]
Letter to the Mayor of Cologne : Concerns About the ‘Wish for a Baby’ Fair Promoting Surrogacy
Henriette Reker Mayor of Cologne Paris, 1st October 2025 Dear Mayor Reker, ICAMS, the International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogacy, representing fifty member organisations across 17 countries on three continents, would like to draw your attention to the “Wish for a Baby” fair, which will be held on 18–19 October at the Sartory Halls […]
Surrogacy: Violence against women (Call for submissions issued by the UN Special Rapporteur)
ICAMS would like to warmly thank all its members and friends for their valuable and necessary contributions in response to the call for contributions from Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women. All of this rich and diverse work allows us to highlight new arguments and critical perspectives on surrogacy, while strengthening our […]
When it comes to surrogacy, proper regulation requires global mobilisation
After the passage of the Italian law declaring surrogacy a “universal offence” for those seeking it abroad, it’s crucial to examine an often-overlooked aspect of this issue: who is behind the organization and promotion of surrogacy outside Italy? It is widely acknowledged, including during recent parliamentary debates, that we are facing a globalized production […]
Regulating surrogacy would mean recognising the right of everyone to use women as surrogate mothers
Ana-Luana Stoicea-Deram Feminist activist and President of the Collective for the Respect of the Person Article updated in 2023 In March 2023, the Hague Conference appointed a new group of experts on parentage and . Based on the principle that ” agreements date back to biblical times” (2012 Report), the Conference aims to achieve transnational […]
Feminist Backlash is Finally Building Against Surrogacy
Liberals have long supported surrogacy as a pro-gay achievement, but the industry is coming under fire By Phyllis Chesler, firts published at 4W April 8, 2022 “Where were you the day we decided to put biological motherhood on trial? The day a judge in New Jersey ruled that a man’s contract […]
Surrogacy: How much is a woman worth?
Meeting the law commissioners about their proposals for commercial-style surrogacy in the UK Nordic Model Now is a member of ICASM. Here we publish a very interesting account of its confrontation with the UK law commissioners about their proposals for commercial-style surrogacy. The meeting took place on Thursday 13 February 2020 at their London […]
Manifesto against egg “donation”
This manifesto is issued on the initiative of the Asturian Feminist Association (Spain) Rapiegas CIAMS supports this action. The link for the signature of this Manifesto is accessible at the end of the document. WE ARE NOT COMMODITIES FOR THE REPRODUCTIVE INDUSTRY, WE ARE PEOPLE! STOP THE RECRUITMENT OF “DONORS” FOR THE REPRODUCTIVE […]