67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) Date: 7/3, 2023 – 9:00 10:30 NY time Venue: Svenska Kyrkan – Swedish Church – 5 East 48th Street, – New York, NY-10017, US accessible via zoom : register click HERE When it comes to reproduction, the women’s point of view must come […]
Migrant women and reproductive exploitation[1] in the surrogacy industry. Joint investigation by ENoMW & ICASM
Research, carried out in 2021-2022 by ICASM and ENoMW on the use of women as “surrogate mothers”, oocyte donors or forced pregnancies in cross-border practices. (Study also available in PDF ENG Final Migration and surrogacy) Migrant women and reproductive exploitation[1] in the surrogacy industry Introduction The International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogacy […]
Invalidation of the historic “Roe v. Wade” judgment
PRESS RELEASE On Friday 24 June, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade by 5 votes to 4, ruling that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to abortion. To implement this decision, each state must pass its own abortion legislation. Abortion rights organisations estimate that between 22 and 26 of the […]
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 […]
How many more scandals will it take?
Press release ICASM 26 04 2022 As everyone knows, the war in Ukraine has been going on for eight years. Two years ago, the pandemic with the images of those babies stranded in Ukraine revealed the true face of surrogacy to the world. Public opinion was outraged, Ukrainian officials considered putting a stop to […]
ICASM RENEWS ITS OPPOSITION TO THE HAGUE CONFERENCE WORK ON SURROGACY
Press release 15/11/2021 On the website of the Hague Conference (HCCH), it is said that the group of experts will meet again from 15 to 19 November, by videoconference, to finalize a report on parentage for children born through surrogate motherhood. The expert group was established in 2015 by the HCCH Council on General Affairs […]
RALLIES IN BRUSSELS AND BILBAO TO PROTEST AGAINST CHILD SELLING SALONS
November 3, 2021 PRESS RELEASE FAIRS PROMOTE SURROGACY IN THE HEART OF EUROPE IN BRUSSELS On the weekend of November 6 and 7, 2021, in Brussels, the event “Men Having Babies” will be held. Its stated aim is to provide information on the practice of surrogate motherhood although this practice is not officially legalized […]
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 […]
SURROGACY KILLS
Surrogacy is a practice that jeopardizes the health and lives of surrogate mothers. But this aspect is systematically ignored. This webinar will illustrate this hidden reality. Thursday July 1st. 2018 – 6 pm (french time) Register HERE Ana-Luana Stoicea-Deram is a member of the Collective for the Respect of the Person (CoRP) and co-president […]
THE “GLOBAL BUSINESS” THAT THE HAGUE CONFERENCE IS TRYING TO LEGALISE
Press release THE “GLOBAL BUSINESS” THAT THE HAGUE CONFERENCE IS TRYING TO LEGALISE: THE EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN AND THE BUYING AND SELLING OF NEWBORNS Berta O. García @Omnia_Somnia Co-Chair of the International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood (ICASM) The Hague Conference on Private International Law has been working for more […]