{"id":80114,"date":"2025-11-19T19:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=80114"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:22:09","slug":"experts-convene-at-european-parliament-to-address-harms-of-surrogacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/experts-convene-at-european-parliament-to-address-harms-of-surrogacy","title":{"rendered":"Experts convene at European Parliament to address harms of surrogacy, following EU resolution condemning practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"80114\" class=\"elementor elementor-80114\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51d2b2b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51d2b2b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-270b5b06\" data-id=\"270b5b06\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72226b3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72226b3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>International momentum against surrogacy grows, as European Parliament and UN condemn practice <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Experts today in European Parliament, including UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls, Reem Alsalem and ADF International\u2019s Carmen Correas, highlighted harms of surrogacy for women and children<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4be05b elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f4be05b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image00014-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80125\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image00014-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image00014-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image00014-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image00014-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image00014.jpeg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f389d3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f389d3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Brussels (19 November 2025) <\/strong>\u2013 Today, experts convened at the European Parliament to highlight human rights concerns surrounding surrogacy, with the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls featured as a speaker.<\/p><p>Speakers at the event, hosted by the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Party, included the UN Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem, Advocacy Officer at ADF International Carmen Correas, a former EU Commissioner, an Italian government minister and representatives of civil society organisations.<\/p><p>The event, entitled \u201cSurrogacy: An Ethical and Political Challenge for Europe\u201d, follows a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/TA-10-2025-0278_EN.pdf\">EU resolution condemning surrogacy<\/a> and comes on the heels of a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.un.org\/en\/A\/80\/158\">landmark United Nations report<\/a> by Ms Alsalem, calling for the global abolition of the practice.<\/p><p>Ms Correas said: \u201c<em>Surrogacy treats women and children as commodities. The European Union has taken an important step in acknowledging its inherent harms. We urge policymakers to move swiftly toward a clear, coordinated legal prohibition that protects the dignity and rights of all involved.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>Italian ECR Member of the European Parliament Paolo Inselvini, a speaker at today\u2019s event, said: \u201c<em>Today it became clear that a determined European front exists, committed to stopping reproductive exploitation across the globe. We will therefore continue to fight so that Europe abandons all ambiguity and assumes a clear responsibility: surrogacy must be a universal crime.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><strong>EU resolution on surrogacy<\/strong><\/p><p>On 13 November, the EU passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/TA-10-2025-0278_EN.pdf\">resolution<\/a> stating that the EU<em>: &#8220;Condemns the practice of surrogacy, which involves the reproductive exploitation and use of women&#8217;s bodies for financial or other gain, in particular in the case of especially vulnerable women in third countries; calls on the Commission to take measures to support ending this phenomenon.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><p><strong>Landmark UN report<\/strong><\/p><p>The European Parliament event follows a major development at the United Nations last month. In her report to the UN General Assembly, Ms Alsalem called for a legally binding international instrument that would lead to the abolition of all forms of surrogacy, emphasising that the practice is \u201ccharacterized by exploitation and violence against women and children\u201d.<\/p><p>The UN expert highlights that surrogacy:<\/p><ul><li>intentionally separates children from their mothers,<\/li><li>commodifies women\u2019s reproductive capacities,<\/li><li>prioritises adult desires over the rights of the child, and<\/li><li>exposes women to heightened physical, psychological, and financial risks.<\/li><\/ul><p>The surrogacy industry is rapidly expanding\u2014valued at $14.4 billion in 2023 and projected to reach $96.6 billion by 2033\u2014while surrogate mothers bear the vast majority of the risks and receive only a fraction of the profits.<\/p><p><strong>Widespread civil society support for banning surrogacy<\/strong><\/p><p>ADF International joined over 180 NGOs in endorsing a civil society letter supporting the Special Rapporteur\u2019s recommendations and has consistently advocated for national and international legal protections that safeguard women and children from exploitation.<\/p><p>\u201c<em>States must act decisively to end the grave human rights violations inherent in surrogacy. 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