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 […]
280 Women’s Rights Organisations, 3300 signatories from 56 countries are calling for a ban on trade with surrogacy motherhood
Nov 25, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the women’s movement call for a global ban on trade with women as surrogate mothers. The background of the Call is an upcoming International Convention by the Hague Conference on Private Law (HCCH) to regulate international surrogacy arrangements. Conventions of the […]
The changing surrogacy market in Japan – Yoshie Yanagihara
Reconstructing feminist perspectives of women’s bodies using a globalized view: The changing surrogacy market in Japan Yoshie Yanagihara Link to PDF ABSTRACT This paper aims to evoke an alternative viewpoint on surrogacy, moving beyond popular Western feminist beliefs on the practice, by introducing the history and current context of East Asian surrogacy. To elaborate a […]
Surrogacy in India: Bioethics, Human Rights and Agency – Dr. Sheela Saravanan
Surrogacy in India: Bioethics, Human Rights and Agency Dr. Sheela Saravanan Full article available in PDF here Abstract At the juncture when India has banned commercial, it was an appropriate time to examine what is the situation of commercial surrogacy and its transition to altruism in India. This was a follow-up study, from the previous […]
New York State legalizes commercial surrogacy
New York State adopted its 2020-2021 budget in early April, along with a series of non-fiscal reforms. These include the legalization of commercial gestational “surrogacy” – the practice whereby a woman is paid to carry and deliver a child that is not derived from her oocytes, in order to return it to the people who […]
For a LGBTI Pride 2019 without opression
This is a call from Spanish organizations who are opposed to the use of surrogacy This press release has been first published on https://stopvientresdealquiler.wordpress.com/2019/06/23/for-a-lgtbi-pride-without-oppression-notinourname/ From Stop Vientres de Alquiler, RECAV State Network Against the Surrogacy and NO somos vasijas, on the occasion of the International LGBTI Pride Day 2019, we believe it is necessary to launch this […]