On November 13, the European Parliament discussed important issues related to gender equality, including surrogacy. Just a month earlier, the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee had voted on a draft report for the Gender Equality Strategy 2025, but they hadn’t made a clear decision about surrogacy yet. They had proposed both a condemnation of surrogacy and support for a European parenting certificate for children born through surrogacy.
The European Parliament made its stance clear by condemning surrogacy, stating that it often leads to the exploitation of women, especially vulnerable women from poorer countries. They urged the European Commission to take action to help stop this practice.
Moreover, on October 10, a UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls also called for a global ban on surrogacy, emphasizing that no society can progress by normalizing the sale of women’s bodies. The message from the Casablanca Declaration is clear: “it’s time to act.”
This article has been translated and simplified by artificial intelligence from a French article “Le Parlement européen condamne la pratique de la GPA et appelle la Commission à prendre des mesures”
It may therefore contain errors. The French version is the reference version..