A pro-family Catholic group has applauded a move in Brussels to designate surrogacy as a form of human trafficking [1].
“We welcome this decision of the European Parliament, finally recognising surrogacy as a crime of human trafficking. Moreover, surrogacy is now considered together with crimes as slavery, forced marriage, illegal adoption or exploitation of children,” said Vincenzo Bassi of the President of the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE).
“Surrogacy violates human dignity – that of the child as well as the mother – as a form of exploitation that targets the most vulnerable”.
The decision was jointly taken by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and the one on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) on an updated implementation of the 2011 Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims.