Ghosts of the République, out today.Americans often think of European countries as more progressive on LGBTQ+ issues and other personal matters, but that’s not always the reality.
There was a right-wing outcry in France when the nation enacted marriage equality in 2013, and widespread discrimination makes it virtually impossible for same-sex couples to adopt.Surrogacy services are banned for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples, for a variety of reasons.
Some see surrogacy arrangements as ripping children from their mothers or as the exploitation and even enslavement of women.
A French legislator says in the film that her country wants no part of this “brave new world.”If French people use surrogacy services abroad to have children, the.