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Why surrogacy divides feminists so much

2021-12-08T11:54:24.962Z


INVESTIGATION - Some denounce the exploitation of the female body. Others defend the freedom to dispose of one's body. A debate similar to that on prostitution, but influenced by new notions of gender and intersectionality.


September 4, 2021, Porte de Champerret in Paris.

Grimaced as surrogate mothers in

The Scarlet Servant

, Margaret Atwood's famous dystopia, feminists demonstrate in front of the “Desire for Children” salon.

Gathered under the CIAMS coalition, an international organization advocating the abolition of surrogacy, joined by activists of Dare feminism, they denounce a

"promotion of surrogacy on French soil"

, however banned in France.

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Since the adoption of assisted reproduction for all, the debate on surrogacy, which has just been legalized in Portugal, has stirred the French media scene.

This is evidenced by the promotion of the book

Fils à papa (s)

, (October 2021, Plon), narrating the use of TV host Christophe Beaugrand for a surrogate mother in the United States.

At the beginning of November, a book gave him the answer, to denounce the dangers of

surrogacy

:

The maternity markets

(Odile Jacob).

Among the authors, two great feminist writers: Sylviane Agacinski and Marie-Jo Bonnet.

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Source: lefigaro

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