The Dutch government should come up with a reaction to the Casablanca declaration and reconsider its position on surrogacy.

News, Surrogate Motherhood

MP Kees van der Staaij of the Reformed SGP party in the Netherlands argues for this in parliamentary questions to the Minister of Legal Protection, Franc Weerwind. Van der Staaij’s questions come in response to the Casablanca Declaration. Experts worldwide presented a statement in Casablanca, Morocco, calling on governments to ban surrogacy and end the practice. Van der…

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800,000 French healthcare personnel reject euthanasia

Euthanasia, Laws, News

In February, in response to Opinion 139 of the National Ethics Advisory Council of France, thirteen organizations representing 800,000 French health workers rejected euthanasia, including doctors, nurses, auxiliary nurses. They published the document “Can causing death be considered care?”, which denounces the current situation in France in reference to euthanasia. “At a time when the French health…

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Casablanca Declaration : experts from 75 countries signed demanding the abolition of surrogacy

News, Press Release, Surrogate Motherhood

One hundred experts from 75 countries have signed a declaration demanding the abolition of surrogate motherhood (in the declaration the term “surrogate pregnancy” is used) because it offends human dignity and commodifies women and children. On March 3, a conference took place in Casablanca to launch the declaration. The organizers chose Morocco because it completely…

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