When giving in is not consent This factsheet delves into the concept of consent and is essential to remind us of the reality surrounding practices and the role of surrogates, who are the most deeply involved in surrogacy. The consent argument is employed by neoliberal and pro-surrogacy advocates to justify women’s freedom to engage in […]
Fact sheet : Surrogacy in figures
Definition : Surrogate motherhood, is defined as the practice of recruiting a woman, either for payment or not, to give birth to one or more children, whether conceived with her own oocytes or not, with the aim of handing them over at birth to one or more people who wish to be identified as the […]
Fact Sheet: Surrogacy and Prostitution
Updated 03/11/2024 Surrogacy and prostitution share a number of common features, which are examined below: mechanisms, actors, beneficiaries, ethical issues, problems, legislative approaches, etc. Exploitation It is crucial to recognize the exploitation inherent in a woman being drawn to give birth to a child, not for her own parental project but for third party, just […]
Surrogacy, a reproductive violence on women (In person event)
20-24 March 2023 III FORO MUNDIAL DE DERECHOS HUMANOS BUENOS AIRES Argentina Day, time and venue to be confirmed later Surrogacy, a way to bypass any protective legislation for women The ban on surrogacy is under attack in Europe, but in Asia total openness to reproductive tourism is gradually being abandoned in favor […]
Raising awareness of women and girls on the growing sexual and reproductive exploitation
67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) Saturday 17 March – 7 am NY – 12H Paris Madrid – 11 am Londres Virtual event Register in advance click HERE The social, economic, legal and political processes that lead to and contribute to women becoming surrogate mothers are akin to practices of […]
For women’s rights, deconstructing reproductive surrogacy (NY CSW67 9:00-10:30)
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 […]