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Born via surrogacy in the United States in 1991, Olivia Maurel is now a leading campaigner for the abolition of “womb renting,” a practice Pope Francis has called “deplorable.”
While Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and other celebrities make headlines when surrogate mothers give birth to their children, it is much more rare to hear from the unnamed surrogate mothers themselves or the children born of surrogacy about how it affected them.
For Maurel, being born via surrogacy led to abandonment trauma, identity issues, and several suicide attempts.
“I was a product of surrogacy and I’ve always felt it inside me — a baby made to order, a commodity for money,” she said.
“We’re used to having in the news a lot of beautiful stories of children born via surrogacy … and we are not used to hearing the bad aspects of surrogacy and how it’s totally unethical,” Maurel told CNA in an interview on April 5.
While surrogacy is banned across most countries in the European Union, the practice is permitted in the majority of U.S. states.
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While Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and other celebrities make headlines when surrogate mothers give birth to their children, it is much more rare to hear from the unnamed surrogate mothers themselves or the children born of surrogacy about how it affected them.
For Maurel, being born via surrogacy led to abandonment trauma, identity issues, and several suicide attempts.
“I was a product of surrogacy and I’ve always felt it inside me — a baby made to order, a commodity for money,” she said.
“We’re used to having in the news a lot of beautiful stories of children born via surrogacy … and we are not used to hearing the bad aspects of surrogacy and how it’s totally unethical,” Maurel told CNA in an interview on April 5.
While surrogacy is banned across most countries in the European Union, the practice is permitted in the majority of U.S. states.
Ethical concerns
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Woman born of surrogacy shares why she supports Pope Francis’ call for a global ban
Born via surrogacy in the United States in 1991, Olivia Maurel is now a leading campaigner for the abolition of “womb renting.”
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