International Coalition to Stop Designer Babies.

The undersigned organizations and individuals support the strong existing international consensus against human genetic modification (HGM*). We wish to express our great concern and opposition to those scientific and other institutions currently seeking to legalize HGM.   HGM is medically unnecessary. Carrying it out is an act of extreme scientific irresponsibility, likely to have enormously detrimental…

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

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…

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

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…

Lithuania declares the business of the surrogacy contrary to the dignity of women

Read more. Lithuania has declared the business of surrogacy contrary to the dignity of women and children.While  in some countries  a revision of the laws is demanded to accept surrogacy, and while the different jurisdictions increasingly accept the fait accompli when carried out abroad, Lithuania rebels against this practice and declares it radically contrary to dignity The Lithuanian Parliament, called…