On April 5 and 6, the “International Conference for the Universal Abolition of Surrogacy” took place in Rome, with the participation of representatives of international organizations, politicians and academics who sought to generate a public debate on this practice. The [...]
On April 8, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published the Declaration “Dignitas Infinita” on human dignity in which it insists that euthanasia, gender theory or abortion constitute great threats to human dignity. The new document, consisting of [...]
Giorgia Meloni, president of the Italian Council of Ministers since October 2022, has approved in parliament the Varchi law, which considers surrogacy a “universal crime.” She has also announced prison sentences of between three months and two years, and fines [...]
Surrogacy alters and subordinates the child’s well-being and physical and mental health to the wishes of the intended parents/grandparents; it goes against the best interests of the child by breaking their maternal bond after childbirth, already agreed upon in the [...]
Gestational surrogacy, surrogate motherhood, “rent-a-womb”, or whatever we want to call it, is an assisted reproduction technique whereby a woman agrees to carry a child under a contract that requires her to transfer all rights over the newborn to another [...]
The New York State Legislature passes the so-called Child-Parent Security Act – CPSA which became effective last February. Ex-Governor Cuomo was making it a priority to repeal the ban on gestational surrogacy to help fight for the rights of LGBTQ [...]
As we have already mentioned in this Observatory, the possibility of disassociating parenthood from procreation (surrogacy) opens the door to painful situations for the children and women involved. The premeditated separation of pregnancy from subsequent motherhood is an attack on [...]
The parent consent responsibility for babies before parental or adoption is obtained by intended parents appears to be almost unknown by medical pediatric staff. Parental responsibility (PR) regarding consent for babies before a parental or adoption order is obtained by [...]
The debate over the issue of gestational surrogacy (a euphemistic term that attempts to disguise the reality of a woman who offers to carry a pregnancy in exchange for money) is on in the global political and social arena (see [...]
The increase in surrogacy worldwide is an issue that concerns bioethicists. Several American states currently allow the practice, and New York has legalized commercial surrogacy contracts with significant financial aid and many other services (read HERE). The United Kingdom also bans surrogacy contracts but [...]
The news that commercial surrogacy has been legalized with significant financial support by New York State is paving the way to its normalization, being a new type of commercial contract involving three parties: the biological parents, the surrogate mother and [...]
As we know, surrogacy consists of initiating a pregnancy in a woman other than the biological mother, with the intention that, when the child is born, he or she is to be handed over to the contracting parents. This usually [...]
