8 MAY 2026 THE FERTILITY INDUSTRY HAS HEARD THE UN CALL FOR ABOLITION. IT HAS RESPONDED WITH SELF-REGULATION. PARIS – On 7 May 2026, four of the world’s largest assisted reproductive technology societies (ASPIRE, ESHRE, ASRM, and IFFS) announced the finalisation of “international consensus of the professionals involved in surrogacy, establishing minimum standards in surrogacy”. […]
FEMINIST VICTORY: The HCCH, The Hague Conference on Private International Law, abandons its draft convention on surrogacyPress release
Press Release The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), which brings together 93 member states, has been working for more than a decade on a legislative project aimed at guaranteeing the legal effects of cross-border surrogacy contracts for commissioning people. However, its governing body, the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP), has just […]
Press release – HCCH working group (April 2025)
End the Hague Conference’s Opaque and Pernicious Support for the Surrogacy Market From 7 to 10 April, the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) is convening its Working Group on the “Parentage in the context of surrogacy” project. Under the guise of legal harmonization, the HCCH is working to draft an international convention […]
International Women’s Rights Day 2025 – ICASM Press release
Women have the right to safety, dignity and to be considered as full human beings. The International Day of Action for Women’s Rights reminds us of this. And today, these rights are still not guaranteed. As a feminist organisation fighting for the abolition of surrogate motherhood, ICAMS is confronted daily with the reality of […]
Ireland. June 2024. The surrogacy Bill passed
Empty Chambers, Full Force: Surrogacy Bill Passes Under Irish Radar Press release 20 june 2024 We, the International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood (ICASM), as feminist defenders of women’s, children’s, and human rights, consider that the Irish Assisted Human Reproduction Bill, as voted, is incompatible with European ideals of human dignity and the […]
YES, from a feminist perspective, reproductive surrogacy is human trafficking
Press Release Revision of the European Directive on the Prevention of Trafficking in Human Beings 30 April 2024 The Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims is a necessary and useful text, but it is not enough. Important additions […]
Exploitation Unveiled: ICASM and Allies challenge HCCH’s Global Surrogacy Project
Press Release – 15 11 2023 On Monday 13 November 2023, ICASM (International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogacy) organised a rally in front of the headquarters of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). Organisations from Japan, Canada, Sweden, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, France and Spain took part […]
Abolish the sale of children and reproductive exploitation of women
Press release On 13 November, the International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogacy (ICASM) is organising a rally in front of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) to oppose its work to regulate cross-border surrogate motherhood. From 13 November 2023, the HCCH will set up a working group with the task of drafting […]
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 […]
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 […]