Of Leone Grotti
Source: Times
With what courage Europe speaks about rights? How does one meet to discuss reception, migrants, transparency, integrity, equality? Yesterday and today takes place for the fourth consecutive year a Bruxelles, in the heart of the European Union, the fair"Men Having Babies“, dedicated to gay couples who want to buy a baby with a rented uterus.
THE CATALOGUES. Inside the rooms of the luxurious Hilton hotel, crowds of distinguished and wealthy men handle catalogs printed on glossy and coated paper. The photos of the women who will carry "their" children scroll by, le surrogate, and that they will sign special contracts that will oblige them to give up those newborns carried in their womb for nine months.
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Homosexual couples who go to the fair browse the "satisfied or refunded" offers to get tailor-made children at variable prices, depending on the “quality”. It ranges from a minimum of 95 thousand dollars to a maximum of 160 mila. They consult complete packages with all services: psychological accompaniment, legal assistance, supply of eggs and also sperm (as needed), provision of surrogate mother, flights and hotels in the countries identified where she can give birth, etc..
CHILDREN'S SALE. The buying and selling of children is done openly, in a suit and tie, wallet in hand, in defiance of local laws and international conventions. In the 2015, Indeed, Has the European Parliament perhaps not condemned the rented womb as a form of exploitation of women?? So why does no parliamentarian leave the chamber and go to check what is happening a few kilometers away?
CHILDREN WITHOUT MOTHERS. In the 2015, Didn't the Institutional Affairs Committee of the Belgian Senate perhaps decide unanimously against "gestation for others"? So why no senator, not to mention the senators, protests against a fair that is taking place for the fourth consecutive year? And in 1989 Belgium has not signed the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, according to which "every child has the right to know his parents and be raised by them"? So why doesn't the government oppose publicizing a practice that sells motherless children??
AND THE LAW? And the Convention itself does not require the signatory States to "take all appropriate measures at the national level, bilateral and multilateral to prevent kidnapping, the sale or trafficking of children for any purpose and in any form"? But what do you do?, today and tomorrow, at the Hilton hotel if not selling children to the highest bidder?
THE EU LOSES FACE. If for the fourth consecutive year “Men Having Babies” takes the trouble to bring together the best experts in the sector and bring them to Belgium, it means business is good. It means people buy. This year too, despite the protest of courageous individuals, like the socialist deputy Philippe Close, the fair has opened its doors. So go ahead like this. But the European Union must stop talking to us about rights. He lost face.
