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Surrogacy is perhaps not the best example of French conservatism. Curiously, only the USA and formerly Soviet countries permit paid surrogacy, and even altruis
by Scaevolus 5y ago
Surrogacy is perhaps not the best example of French conservatism.
Curiously, only the USA and formerly Soviet countries permit paid surrogacy, and even altruistic surrogacy is illegal in much of the EU, including Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy.
- nicolas_t 5y agoTrue, the main reason I talked about it is because a) it's also part of the same discourse related to bioethics, the legal reasoning in France has the same component as the legal reasoning around euthanasia, paternity testing and dna test in that it doesn't recognize the rights of people to dispose of their own body. b) When my sister was trying to do IVF and didn't get results for years, they were investigating the possibility of doing surrogacy abroad c) I voted for Macron, among many reasons, because he was more open minded about surrogacy than his opponents. I can see an argument against paid surrogacy but making altruistic surrogacy illegal is something I disagree vehemently. But then again, I'm also very much in disagreement about the French legislation against prostitution (interestingly most organizations of sex workers or organizations that are implicated in helping sex workers are also against the law there too)