An association of lawyers files a complaint against an American company that brings French couples into contact with surrogate mothers, which is prohibited by law.
Bypass the law to resort to surrogacy (surrogacy), this is what the association denounces Lawyers for Children (1). In a January 12 press release, she announced that she had filed a complaint against the California company Extraordinary Designs. They are accused of putting French couples in touch with surrogate mothers in the United States or Canada.
Juristes pour l’Enfance wants to “put an end to two violations. “The first is that of French law, according to the association: it is forbidden in France to carry a child for another person or to charge for the establishment of a relationship between a couple and a parent who wishes to abandon a child. born or unborn. The second violation is that of “the fundamental right of the child to know […] his father or mother. “” It is unacceptable that companies violate the law with impunity, with only one objective: profit, “denounces the statement of the association. “The child is not a commodity, neither is the woman. “
The unassailable surrogate business
Two UMP senators support the process of Jurists for Children. Gérard Longuet and Bruno Retailleau both denounce the “complicity of French justice in the business of surrogate mothers. Surrogacy is in fact prohibited in France, and will remain so, as François Hollande affirmed in May 2013. But on paper, Extraordinary Conceptions is unassailable. The Ministry of Justice recalls that, as long as the transaction is not carried out on French soil, no prosecution is possible. These are only information meetings.
The Californian company puts couples in touch with surrogate mothers for € 45,000. This service is completely legal in the United States and Canada. This is probably why no one denies on the side of the accused. “It’s a fairly well-known agency. Several of our members have benefited from his services, ”admits in Le Parisien Doan Luu, spokesperson for the Association of Gay and Lesbian Parents and Future Parents. As for society, it defends itself from helping “desperate” couples to gain access to fatherhood.
(1) Juristes pour l’Enfance is an association of jurists and child professionals who campaign for respect for the rights of the child.
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