"The concept of surrogacy, which opens up to a market of children, should be better explained. There are international fairs, one was also tried in Milan. But in Italy not only surrogacy but also its propaganda is prohibited" .
This was stated by the Minister for Equal Opportunities and the family, Eugenia Roccella, during Mezz'Ora in Più on Rai3.
"A surrogacy - he continues - costs around 100,000 euros and women get around 15-20,000 euros. With the adoption we remedy a damage, with the surrogacy instead we plan one".
"We are going backwards, not going forward - concludes the minister -. We are reaching forms of commodification and slavery of the female body. This is not a front of progress. On the one hand, eggs are bought, from brochures,
from catalogues, from beautiful, tall women of a certain religion and with a different IQ.
On the other hand, there are women who lend their uterus with very different characteristics".
ANSA agency
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