

Meloni’s Government Against Surrogacy and Gay Parenthood
The prime minister justifies her action by defending the rights of women, whom she considers to be “the first victims of gender ideology.”
The prime minister justifies her action by defending the rights of women, whom she considers to be “the first victims of gender ideology.”
The approach initiated in Casablanca is new in that it does not call for a simple framework for surrogacy, as is already the case in several countries, but for its pure and simple abolition.
The ethical struggle is clouded by an institutional issue: according to the treaty on the functioning of the European Union, measures concerning the family are not the responsibility of Europe. Each state is supposed to decide sovereignly in this matter.
The law will prohibit any activity, deemed to ‘interfere’ with a woman’s decision to have an abortion, from taking place within 100 metres of facilities that offer the procedure.
The draft law maintains the basic 14-week limit on abortion on demand. Its main thrust is to remove safeguards for women such as the 3-day reflection period, and to force public doctors to perform abortions.
The judges ruled unanimously, and condemned both surrogacy and the practice of surrogacy agencies recruiting clients in Spain.
Why are we allowing corporations to profit both from the desperation of people struggling with infertility and women in poverty?