Motion for a resolution - B8-0431/2016Motion for a resolution
B8-0431/2016

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the sale of babies through surrogate motherhood being legally equivalent to human trafficking and organ trafficking

9.3.2016

pursuant to Rule 133 of the Rules of Procedure

Lorenzo Fontana, Matteo Salvini

B8-0431/2016

Motion for a European Parliament resolution on the sale of babies through surrogate motherhood being legally equivalent to human trafficking and organ trafficking

The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights and to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

–  having regard to Rule 133 of its Rules of Procedure,

A.  whereas human trafficking is a violation of fundamental rights, it transforms those trafficked into goods for sale and is an offence to their dignity and integrity;

B.   whereas the family, formed biologically by a father and a mother, should receive the protection and assistance it needs to be able to perform its role to the full;

C.   whereas assisted fertilisation techniques expose women to a variety of potential health problems;

D.   whereas studies on the importance of the intrauterine ‘mother-child’ relationship and on prenatal bonding show this to be a fundamental relationship in the child’s normal and healthy emotional, social and mental development;

E.   whereas in many countries surrogate motherhood is a crime, a woman who gives birth to a child is deemed to be its mother for all intents and purposes and prenatal agreements concerning the forthcoming birth are consequently invalid;

1.  Calls on the Commission and the Council to initiate as soon as possible a process making the sale of babies through surrogate motherhood/wombs for rent/trafficking of women in childbed legally equivalent to human trafficking and organ trafficking.