Surrogacy in Ukraine
5.6.2020
Question for written answer E-003388/2020
to the Commission
Rule 138
Marco Dreosto (ID)
In Ukraine, because of the lockdown, 46 children born to paid surrogate mothers are in legal limbo because their intended parents cannot go there to collect them.
In 2015 the European Parliament condemned the practice of surrogacy, stating that it ‘undermines the human dignity of the woman since her body and its reproductive functions are used as a commodity’ and considering that ‘the practice of gestational surrogacy which involves reproductive exploitation and use of the human body for financial or other gain, in particular in the case of vulnerable women in developing countries, shall be prohibited and treated as a matter of urgency in human rights instruments’.
Through the European Neighbourhood Policy, the EU offers Ukraine a privileged relationship based on mutual commitment to common values such as democracy, the rule of law and human rights.
In view of the above, can the Commission answer the following questions:
- 1.Does it plan to incorporate into the European Neighbourhood Policy opposition to any form of surrogacy?
- 2.Will it encourage the Ukrainian Government to ban surrogacy in order to ensure that human rights are respected in the countries neighbouring the EU and to reduce the possibility of European citizens circumventing national bans by visiting Ukraine for the purposes of this practice, which is illegal in Europe?