SurrogacyConcern

Commercial surrogacy is exploitative, cruel & treats women like brood mares. UK ‘altruistic’ model is no better. Large sums of money changing hands, babies often not seeing their mothers again, women left with regret & birth injuries. Stop surrogacy now. insider.com/war-in-ukraine…

Adam Frisby has been in Attitude magazine this week, pushing again for surrogate mothers to lose parental rights at birth. We will fight any attempt to do so, tooth and nail @DHSCgovuk attitude.co.uk/life/adam-fris…

We send our deepest condolences to the friends and family of Ann Widdecombe, a distinguished public servant and politician. May she rest in peace.

She attempted to pass off the sale of her child as a surrogate pregnancy because they are functionally indistinguishable. So answer me, why is what she did illegal? WHY? Is it because she is both the genetic mother and the birth mother? Because some surrogates are too. And even when she’s not, it just means the child is being sold by two different women—their genetic mother and their birth mother. Is it because she didn’t have a formal contract? That piece of paper exacerbates, not assuages, a child’s identity struggles and mother loss. Is it because the arrangement was made after the child was born and not before conception? Because I guarantee the timing of the exchange will not lower the child’s risk factors. You cannot support commercial #surrogacy and oppose #childtrafficking. Either selling newborns is illegal in all cases or no cases.

@EmSilverwood91 These people are monsters.

A male couple are suing their son’s Canadian surrogate mother for around $600,000 after she refused to abort her baby, who was born with a cleft palate. Ban surrogacy now.

@cmvalentineb It’s likely already happened. Surrogacy in California is governed by strict contract which sets out under what circumstances the woman will abort. The contracts are legally enforceable & if she refuses the commissioners will stop paying her, leaving her in reality with no choice.

@SurrogConcern At some point, one of these suits is going to result in a surrogate mother being de facto ordered by the court to abort the baby. The ruling won’t say it outright, but that will be the result.

@fionagoddarduk We are so, so sorry for all you have endured, Fiona. And we are so very sorry that they took your baby girl away.

17 year ago today I went into labour, on my 16th birthday. 3 days later I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. I thought I was saved from the horror I was living, being raped daily by gangs of men for years. I thought that we would both be saved and we would get to a safe place and live happily ever after. Instead they took her from me because "i was exposed to a pedophile ring and it wasnt safe for a child", yet they left me there to carry on being raped. 17 years ive lived without her. Without knowing where she is or if she is even alive. Ive missed her first everything. I sometimes lay and imagine hiw she will look or what she is like. There will always be a part of me missing that went when they took her. There will always be grief for every second I live without her in my life, and no amount of justice will ever bring that back. No amount of accountability on failings will ever fix that. Every year on my birthday I struggle knowing that 3 days later im missing her birthday and that its another year added onto my grief. This year has been harder than normal with everything else going on and the trauma this has all dragged up for me. Im normally the strong one. The one that picks things up for the others and helps them fight. Thats there listening to them and helping them through their suffering. But right now im barley even getting through each day and I feel like im letting everyone down. Im trying to pick myself back up and face everything head on but its not as easy as I wish it was. Im 33 year old today and what happened to me as a child still haunts each and every day, each and every dream and every part of my life. Its left scars that will never heal and a burden thats hard to carry. Im sorry to everyone thats having to deal with seeing my statuses as I know they are alot different lately than they normally are but I really think its important that people understand the level of trauma left for the victims to deal with and the failings still coming along with that. Everyone sees me holding things together on TV and fighting all the time, but in reality I still have to deal with so much that sometimes the load can become unbearable. Recently is one of them times.

@nationalpost Surrogacy needs to be abolished.

Couple sues Ontario surrogate mother who refused to abort fetus nationalpost.com/news/couple-su…

@Martina Thank you for highlighting this awful case, Martina. It’s certainly not the first instance we’ve come across where commissioning parents sue the surrogate mother or clinic. Abolish surrogacy now.

This is crazy!!!

@mollistan @TygalandX @shspenxer We’re feminists and we oppose surrogacy. Radical feminists have consistently done so for 40 years.

@TygalandX @shspenxer Follow some different people on here.

Two men wanted a baby, so they enlisted the (unpaid) services of a Canadian surrogate. When testing revealed the baby likely had a cleft lip, they demanded the surrogate abort the baby. She refused. Two years later, the couple are suing the surrogate. The one who gave them a child. Ban surrogacy now. nationalpost.com/news/couple-su…

@RachaelWongAus @maurel_olivia @UNSRVAW @JenniferLahl @WombsNotForRent @CasaDeclaration @StopSurrogacy @reduxx @spinifexpress @Katy_Faust Well done Rachael, you’re leading an amazing fight in Australia. We’re backing you all the way.

FYI @maurel_olivia @UNSRVAW @JenniferLahl @WombsNotForRent @CasaDeclaration @StopSurrogacy @SurrogConcern @reduxx @spinifexpress @Katy_Faust

❌🤰🏻👶🏻 “There is no right to a child, and there is no right to a woman's body to get one. Adult desires, no matter how noble or genuine, cannot come at the cost of harming, commodifying and exploiting women and children.” The Australian Law Reform Commission will deliver its final report on its Review of Surrogacy Laws to the @AustralianLabor government in the next few weeks – by 29 July. @WomensForumAust is deeply concerned the review is paving the way for commercial surrogacy and a national surrogacy industry in Australia. This is a major departure from our current laws which criminalise the buying and selling of babies through surrogacy in every state and territory, due to serious concerns about the exploitation of women and children – concerns that remain as relevant as ever. It is also out of step with the majority of countries around the world, some of which have even moved to ban all forms of surrogacy, because of the harms to women and children. Given the blatant pro-commercial surrogacy bias of those running the review, the direction is unsurprising yet horrifying nonetheless. ⬇️ Read more about our concerns in our submissions to the review: 🔗 womensforumaustralia.org/review_of_surr… 🔗 womensforumaustralia.org/review_of_surr…

People hold up Canada, like the UK, as a “good” surrogacy model. But it’s strangers matching via agencies with strangers, for money. Men demanding women abort for minor health defects. Treating women like incubators & babies like goods. Thanks to @freespeech360 for the tip off.

“Considering that medical tests indicate that the fetus has, or is likely to have, a genetic, chromosomal or other abnormality or defect, and in accordance with article 8.5 (a) of our surrogacy agreement … we want to inform you of our wish that the pregnancy be terminated,”

@nationalpost Surrogacy should be banned. It enables selfish, narcissistic people to become parents, is cruel to the baby who bonds in utero with mother and exploits women. Women aren’t incubators.

A couple is suing an Ontario surrogate who refused their request to abort the fetus because of a cleft lip and possible genetic abnormalities. The parents allege the woman failed to keep them informed about the health of the baby, put the child at risk, caused them emotional distress and violated their confidentiality, all charges the surrogate denies vehemently nationalpost.com/news/couple-su…

@freespeech360 @SeanFraserMP @PierrePoilievre Thank you for drawing this awful case to our attention, Madelaine. We’ve seen this before - commissioning parents demanding a surrogate mother have an abortion, it’s sickening.

Surrogacy is no different than child trafficking . A woman's body isused to get a child . There's no such thing as altruistic surrogacy either. The child is always paid for in cash ,trips , jewellery etc @SeanFraserMP @PierrePoilievre @SurrogConcern

Looking forward to this event next week with @EP_HumanRights on my report on #surrogacy.

@jo_bartosch @StandingforXX Agree.

Baroness Ruth Hunt ought to be in the stocks for what she’s done, not the civil service commission. And how disgraceful that her appointment should come in the middle of a tribunal about the legitimacy of sex realist views in the civil service …lservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/2026/07/four-n…

@Indianpatriachy @thebetterindia Deeply concerning. We are seeing more and more cases like this.

@thebetterindia @SurrogConcern.

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Egg retrieval carries risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (can be fatal), ovarian torsion, abscesses, perforated bowels, sepsis. @DHSCgovuk told us they’ve not researched l/t consequences of egg retrieval. Young girls are being harmed so older people can buy their eggs.

We’re dismayed to see *yet another* @BBCNews article casually mentioning “donor” eggs with absolutely no focus on the donor conceived child or the harms egg retrieval causes to young women. @michroberts irresponsible, one sided journalism. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…