Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy

Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion

Ms Maud de Boer-Buquicchio:

Yes, in developing countries such as India or Cambodia, countries where people are in need of financial support. As to the exploitation of the child, I hope this will not open the debate on whether a child who is not yet born can be regarded as a child under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and it opens a discussion on the right to abortion. That should be avoided. What is important is that it is inherently exploitative of the child if his or her future is determined without considering the best interests.

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