We are Surrogacy Concern: founded to expose the harms of surrogacy and egg harvesting, and to oppose the liberalisation of British surrogacy law.
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Commercial surrogacy is exploitative, cruel & treats women like brood mares.
UK ‘altruistic’ model is no better. Large sums of money changing hands, babies often not seeing their mothers again, women left with regret & birth injuries.
Stop surrogacy now.
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Two men have been arrested and charged with murdering and sexually assaulting the little boy they planned to adopt. One man was a high school teacher.
Baby Preston was 13 months old.
Failed by us all, may he rest in peace.
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This “throuple” have had a baby with a surrogate mother.
And guess who paid for it? One of the men’s employers.
Why on earth would you think this is an appropriate thing to do @AmericanExpress?
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We’re going to go out on a limb, and suggest if sperm is too weak to fertilize an egg, then technology shouldn’t be helping it along.
A nanobot helping a sperm with motility issues along towards an egg.
These metal helixes are so small they can completely wrap around the tail of a single sperm and assist it along its journey
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A room full of men finding out how to buy babies and take them away from their mothers.
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Our new followers may wish to be aware that single men are travelling the world, buying babies from surrogate mothers.
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A man who abused his surrogate born twin daughters was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
When we tell people surrogacy is unsafe, we mean it.
It is child trafficking. And it must end.
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Single men are flying around the world and buying babies off their mothers.
Abolish surrogacy now.
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We’ve no idea who these people are, but this is your regular reminder that surrogacy is cruel to the child and profoundly exploitative.
Gestational surrogacy is 3x higher risk for severe pregnancy complications. The rich renting poorer women’s wombs is not ok.
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We are very sorry for anyone who cannot have their own children due to medical issues.
But surrogacy is not acceptable. At birth, a baby wants and needs their birth mother: they bond in utero. Women aren’t incubators. Surrogacy is unethical. @selenagomez
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A room full of men.
All getting together to discuss how to exploit women and buy their babies.
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Preparing to take a newborn baby abroad, away from their mother and unlikely ever to see her again.
“A magical moment”.
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We are dismayed to see the creation of the first embryo derived from human skin.
Nothing good can come of this technology for women or children. We urge @DHSCgovuk to ban development or imports of in-vitro derived gametes to the UK.
Act now, before it is too late.
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Right on cue, who turns up to promote surrogacy? @PinkNews
"There’s a massive shortage [of surrogates], and we need more women to come forward".
We have rights you know; we're not just service vehicles for you to hire at will.
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We are quoted in @DailyMailUK today as they reveal 95 single men have applied for surrogacy Parental Orders since 2019.
293 male applicants since 2019 are over 50, 43 of whom are over 60.
Surrogacy is baby buying. It must end.
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A surrogate mother in Colombia saying goodbye to her daughter, before she is taken to Australia.
Dress it up how you like: surrogacy is child trafficking.
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Another @BBCNews article which mentions a celebrity having a "child via surrogacy", as though babies just drop from the sky.
Surrogacy is 3x higher risk for severe complications. It isn't ok; it's cruel to the child and should not be normalised @NoorNanji
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Ask your politicians what they’re doing about this.
Then ask your journalists why they’re not telling you.
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“You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.” —William Wilberforce.
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Apparently in the UK it’s National Child Exploitation Awareness Day.
So, we’re drawing your attention to the fact that thousands of single men now buy babies around the world, every year.
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It’s a despicable thing to lie to a child, but beyond cruel to tell them that they do not have a mother.
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A room full of men, gathered in New York last month to find out how to buy babies off their mothers.
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But of course the CEO of misogyny daily @PinkNews has had a baby with a surrogate mother.
It turns out they do know what a woman is, after all.
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“Her body, her choice”.
Except when it’s not, and the commissioning parents can force a surrogate mother to have a termination.
Surrogacy just gets worse.
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BREAKING:
Labour Government confirm they DO NOT intend to pursue liberalisation of domestic surrogacy law at the present time.
This is a victory for women & children everywhere and we are profoundly grateful to @wesstreeting @DHSCgovuk
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75 eggs. In one go.
Women’s bodies are not public resources to be mined.
This is a scandal waiting to break.
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In which a woman who sold her eggs calls a little girl, and wishes her a happy birthday.
The girl, who only sees her via rare video call, replies. Watch to the end.
Now, tell us, what are we doing to these children?
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Mothers reduced to “egg donors” and “gestational carriers”.
Who does this benefit? Not women or children, that’s for sure.
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For those of you who do not understand why we are campaigning for a global surrogacy ban:
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In case you missed it.
These elderly men had a child with a surrogate mother. Neither of them are genetically related to the child.
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Neither of these elderly men are related to this baby, who they had with a surrogate mother.
Go on, justify this one.
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“Lily Collins looks incredible as she returns to work on Emily In Paris just four months after becoming a mum”.
Yeah, not giving birth to a baby will do that to you @TheSun
@HOWELLDAVIES @JoshRomOnAir
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Newborn babies should be held, talked to, fed and comforted constantly after birth. Not left in cots awaiting collection.
Stop surrogacy now.
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A follower has made us aware of this story.
It’s not surrogacy, but adoption. We are sharing because Elsie, Shayla as she was previously known, deserves to be remembered.
Toddlers exhibiting normal behaviour are not “divas”.
Rest in peace, darling girl.
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Call us crazy, but we don’t think single men should be allowed to buy babies off their mothers.
This is surrogacy.
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One of the most horrific interviews we have ever read.
If you cannot see how surrogacy and being able to buy human eggs enables the very worst of human behaviour, we cannot help you.
Our children are not products to be bought. @charcripps @Independent
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No word on how the mother is doing.
And yet again, lying in the bed as though he’s just given birth.
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A group of men meet in London to discuss how to buy babies off their mothers.
You may be shocked to know commercial surrogacy agencies can come and go in this country, touting for business.
That needs to stop.
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Another single man buys a baby in South America. Seen here with the owner of the surrogacy agency.
It is the 21st century, and human beings are still for sale.
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This “throuple” have had two children with surrogate mothers.
All three men appear on the birth certificates.
Naturally, the mothers do not.
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Wiping away the tears of the mother whose baby you’ve just taken.
This is surrogacy. Ban it now.
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Baby buyers meeting their Mexican surrogate mother for the first time, shortly before she gave birth.
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A reminder @AmericanExpress that surrogate pregnancies are 3x higher risk for severe pregnancy complications inc sepsis, pre eclampsia & postpartum haemorrhage.
Babies bond in utero with mother & want only her at birth.
Surrogacy is exploitative & unethical. Not “progressive”.
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Surrogacy is illegal in Spain, so this single man went to Mexico to buy a baby.
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Superb column from @Martha_Gill, and fantastic to see such a damning critique of surrogacy.
It’s not ethical, it’s not safe. The dam is about to break.
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We are not wishing a happy Father’s Day to this pair of narcissists.
Ditching the first surrogate mother they lined up because she had the temerity to have a miscarriage and failed embryo transfers.
Abolish surrogacy now.
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Today we are quoted in @BBCNews stating our objection to surrogacy.
We understand people want to be parents, but surrogacy is cruel to the child and exploitative of women. There is no good or ethical surrogacy model.
@AnnaLouiseRadio @sonwatson
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Ah, Mexico.
Where you can apparently buy a baby more easily than you can buy a car seat.
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How clueless can you get @ItsLucien?
Lily Collins is apparently “radiant” and “a woman who can do it all.”
Yes, it’s pretty easy to do it all when you’re a millionaire who is not recovering from childbirth 🙄
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“We started looking in to adoption… surrogacy gave us more control”.
Yes, and fewer background checks.
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Excellent. Surrogate mothers should always remain on birth certificate, retain their legal recognition as mother & have a right of access to the child. Anything else is cruel to the child and perpetuates the lie that mothers are replaceable. They’re not. Thank you @MR_MailOnline
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Babies by mail order.
Far from building a relationship with the Mexican mother of their child, these men had never even met her until 3 days before the birth.
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Hundreds of men meet to discuss the best way to buy a baby off their mother.
This event took place in Belgium, despite commercial surrogacy being banned across the EU.
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This is what surrogacy deprives a baby of.
Newborn reacts to mums first kiss
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This couple are due to fly to the UK soon with a baby boy born (6 weeks early) to a Mexican surrogate mother.
Why is this legal @DHSCgovuk @ukhomeoffice?
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Yesterday we received a letter from Payne Hicks Beach, lawyers for My Surrogacy Journey.
Apparently MSJ don't like that we're drawing attention to their commercial surrogacy agency in Mexico.
Well, they picked on the wrong women. And we'll be raising this with @sra_solicitors.
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Too terrifyingly accurate not to share; well done @5uffragette
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Phenomenal work by our sisters in Spain yesterday.
Women marched against surrogacy and brought Madrid to a standstill.
The global movement against surrogacy grows stronger by the day @CIAMS_Coalition @ContraBorrado
📍6 septiembre/ #6SMadrid
Llegamos a La Cibeles.
#LasMujeresNoSeUsan #NoALosVientresDeAlquiler #NoSomosVasijas
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We are deeply concerned to see another apparent case of a convicted s*x offender having a baby with a surrogate mother.
We are so grateful to @reduxx & others for their work & alerting US police.
Surrogacy is dangerous & cruel to children. Ban it now.
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It can always get worse. Case in point:
Transgender man lies in a hospital bed as his newborn baby is handed to him after he paid a surrogate to have a baby for him.
Do you agree or disagree with surrogacy?
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And another selfish, idiotic couple go to Cyprus to buy twins. This pair are teachers.
Now whinging @ukhomeoffice won’t let them instantly bring the children home.
“The couple decided to not have contact with their surrogate until the birth”.
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Surrogacy sees children being handed away from their mothers at birth to single men.
This is insanity.
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Naomi Campbell has admitted her children were born to a surrogate mother.
Leaving it until 51 and 53, before outsourcing all the risk to a far poorer woman. How progressive.
@aliceTTimes
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Another sixty-something man buys a baby in South America.
Surrogacy is child abuse.
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Single primary school teacher goes to Cyprus to buy a baby & is shocked when he can’t just waltz home with the child.
@ukhomeoffice is doing the right thing ensuring you are who you say you are.
A decent man wouldn’t do this at all. @BBCNews @lewis_adams
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*Breaking news*
It looks like the Spanish Government are moving to follow Italy on clamping down on international surrogacy!
Italy and Spain are moving in the right direction on surrogacy - the UK must do the same.
📍BREAKING from Spain
The government decides to override the rules that still allow the reproductive exploitation of women abroad and the purchase of their children.
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Surrogacy is incompatible with feminism.
Gestational surrogacy is 3x risk for severe pregnancy complications.
Surrogacy puts adult wants above child rights. Babies need their birth mothers.
Surrogacy exploits poverty of women & treats them like walking incubators. Ban it now.
Italy bans couples from travelling abroad for surrogacy bbc.in/3A4rwHM
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Khloe Kardashian appears to have buyers remorse.
“I wasn’t carrying him, I didn’t really feel anything”.
The poor little boy deserves so much better. Khloe’s not attached because she’s taken him off his mother.
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Buy a baby from a surrogate mother and you too can erase a woman from the life of her child!
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We have to inform you of one of the worst international commercial surrogacy cases we have come across, involving two female commissioning parents (aged 60+ and 70+) who reside in the UK.
Judgement in full below, which we strongly urge you to read.
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Surrogacy is nothing but appropriation and lies.
Here, it’s the men who are “pregnant”, while the mother is reduced to a “gestational carrier”.
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This is not Afghanistan. This is not Saudi Arabia. This is California.
This is male domination over women.
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A reminder, were it needed, that Paris Hilton bought her two children off their mothers less than a year apart, took a month before changing her son’s nappy, and had to be reminded to be gentle when doing so.
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“Donor 3293” has undergone six egg retrieval rounds, and had 99 eggs harvested.
Your regular reminder that fertility clinics do not track long term health outcomes for women who undergo egg retrieval.
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These men have recently become fathers, in their fifties.
They used a donated embryo; meaning the baby has no genetic connection to either of them
#stopsurrogacynow
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Women have died following complications arising from egg harvesting.
Not that you’d know it, from ads like this.
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The new Director of @BBCSport had twins with a surrogate mother in 2018. In 2019 he openly defended males in women’s sports.
Here he is saying of one of his sons “he’s also a little flirt with his big smiles.”
Beware your hypocrisy will find you out.
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Taking babies off their mothers is not feminist @ChimamandaReal
Gestational surrogacy is 3x higher risk for severe complications - decent women don’t outsource pregnancy.
Babies bond in utero with their birth mothers. At birth they wanted her: not you.
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“The bond this little lad has with the woman who grew him for 9 months is something that will always be a special moment to see”.
That would be because she’s his mother, you selfish fool.
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Utterly abominable and shows just how surrogate mothers have no control once contracts are signed.
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BREAKING: UK Govt not to take forward Law Commission proposals on surrogacy.
We are delighted Govt will not be taking forward measures which would have allowed open ads for surrogate mothers & removal of her rights at birth
Our attention now turns to what a future Govt will do.
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A council of men conspire to exploit women and remove their children.
This is a US commercial surrogacy agency. The meeting was in London, where commercial surrogacy is illegal.
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Great to see scrutiny of surrogacy ramping up in the media. About time.
Today in @MailOnline they're asking why commissioning parents get in to the hospital bed, as though they've just given birth.
Why indeed. They're nothing but baby buyers.
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What fresh hell is this?
"Surrogate babies are queer creatures by default: their becoming and existence have to be negotiated through a set of institutionally defined normativities. But can this queerness serve as a window to the queerness of all babies?"
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