The Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, considered this Wednesday that general regulation is “necessary” in Europe that prohibits surrogacy – also known as ‘surrogacy’ – a method that is not allowed in Spain, although Spaniards do do it abroad. It is not a formula that is neither persecuted nor punished in our country but in Italy, the Government of Giorgia Meloni – in the antipodes of Redondo’s thinking – has just banned it with severe sanctions.
Asked at a commemorative event for the thirtieth anniversary of the Women’s Image Observatory about the Italian case, which will punish this type of motherhood abroad with sentences of up to two years in prison, the socialist leader stated that “it makes no sense.” speak from a single country of a universal crime as Meloni has declared and, therefore, has called for seeking “effectiveness” with general regulation in Europe on this issue.
For the minister, the Supreme Court errs
Besides, has asked to “rethink” the best interests of the minor because “it is not sufficiently defined” in these cases. Along these lines, he has referred to the Supreme Court’s authorization for those born through surrogacy to have Spain as their place of birth. «I think it is wrong, but we must respect the ruling of the Supreme Court, it has precisely said that a minor who is the result of a rental environment, of a surrogacy, could be registered as born in Spain. I believe that this does not respond to the best interests of the minor, that this sentence does not respond to the best interests of the minor,” he explained.
Finally, he added that the best interest of the minor is “in knowing the origin and, of course, in ensuring that these attacks against women, against women’s bodies and against women’s freedom do not occur.”
Redondo has participated together with Cristina Hernández, director of the Women’s Institute since this summer, in the thirtieth birthday of the Women’s Image Observatory (IOM), which has taken stock in a report prepared by who was head of the Women’s Image Observatory for 22 years. IOM communication Maria Jesus Ortiz and which is titled ’30 years transforming looks’. For those responsible for the ministry, it has been progressive legislation and associations that have allowed the image of women to evolve, although at the event they have been alerted to the threat posed to them by social networks, pornography and the constant exhibition in short personal videos with hypersexualized women of all ages.
The aforementioned Ortiz report takes stock of how in three decades the IOM received 20,332 complaints (until July 31, 2024), of which 55% correspond to advertising content. Two out of every three complaints concern television, especially entertainment programs, and of the more than 20,000 complaints, only 9 went to court.
Armani’s controversial campaign
Of all of them, out of curiosity, the most reported campaign is that of Armani Junior from 2007 with 751 complaints. The campaign was very controversial due to the image of girls who seemed to incite sexual tourism, as reported. In Spain, the Ombudsman for Children denounced her for using two girls in bikinis, wearing makeup and offering an overly sexualized image.
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