REPORT on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024

Tabled by Carlo Fidanza, Paolo Inselvini, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Adam Bielan, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Alberico Gambino, Cristian Terheş, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza, Claudiu-Richard Târziu

Added: 43a. Condemns the practice of surrogacy, which undermines the human dignity of women by reducing their bodies and reproductive functions to commodities; highlights its severe impact on women, their rights and their health, and underlines its significant cross-border implications; stresses that surrogacy is a phenomenon that exposes women worldwide to exploitation and human trafficking, particularly targeting those who are financially and socially vulnerable; believes that surrogacy, as a practice that exploits women’s bodies for reproductive purposes, should be banned, including in the case of vulnerable women in developing countries;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE769.723v01-00