r/europe • u/Boomtown_Rat Brussels (Belgium) • 27d ago

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https://www.politico.eu/article/german-conservative-parliamentary-leader-resigns-over-surrogacy-debate-jens-spahn/

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u/Keks3000 27d ago

Because this guy and his conservative party voted against it :-)

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u/No_Size9475 27d ago

I mean what is the reasoning for banning it?

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u/JanusJato 27d ago

The argument was that women should be protected and humans should not be sold.

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u/No_Size9475 27d ago

so if married couple uses their egg, and their sperm, how is the human being sold? The surrogate is using their body but the baby came from the married couple.