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  • Council of Europe against the practice of the rented uterus

  • Uterus for rent, "Arcilesbica" congress reaffirms no

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January 12, 2020 "Dear Secretary Nicola Zingaretti, in the program of the newborn red-purple government of Madrid, the decisive, definitive and shared 'no' of the PSOE and Podemos to the rented uterus, also called surrogacy. Much of the left Europe, from Northern Scandinavia to France, has long taken a stand against a practice that the EU stigmatizes as damaging the rights of women and girls and boys, sold or 'given away' as objects. It is the first time, however, that a government oriented to the left makes it a distinctive feature of its program. Does the Italian left currently in government think to take this opportunity? ".



This is the question that 135 women and a series of associations including 'If not now when' ask the secretary of the Democratic Party. In a letter also addressed to Luigi Di Maio, to the representatives of Italia Viva, Leu, Mdp, the Italian Left and Possibile, we read: "With few individual exceptions, the forces of the Italian left have so far adopted an ambiguous attitude and reticent in the face of the question of the surrogate, considering it at the same time 'divisive' and marginal, and the M5S has substantially shared this approach. Some personalities of the left have even dreamed of plans to regulate and decriminalize the practice ". In short, they denounce, "the center-left continues to avoid any clear-cut position".



For the writers, "the clear and courageous choice of the Spaniards is an unequivocal invitation to abandon hesitations and fears and to reaffirm the ancient but always valid principles of the fight against exploitation and to defend the dignity of people. We therefore ask you to engage with clarity and determination the your party to support and maintain the ban on surrogacy, as well as to take all political actions necessary to prevent our fellow citizens from using this practice abroad. We also invite you to support the international campaign for the universal abolition of surrogacy. 'uterus for rent ".