The Minister Delegate in charge of Children, Youth and Families spoke about surrogacy (GPA) after the publication of a tweet from Marion Maréchal, which created heated controversy.
“I am ashamed”, launched the Minister Delegate in charge of Children, Youth and Families, Sarah El Haïry, regarding the comments made by Marion Maréchal on surrogacy (GPA). In a post published on X Tuesday April 23, the candidate Reconquête! in the legislative elections had reacted to the announcement of the paternity of the fashion designer Simon Porte Jacquemus and his husband. “Where is the mother?”, she tweeted, triggering heated controversies. On the BFMTV set on Saturday, Sarah El Haïry regretted the words spoken by Marion Maréchal, calling them“homophobes”.
The minister denounced “violence” of the tweet, published at “electoral purposes”according to her. “It’s shameful because by doing this, she is endangering the children” and denies “in reality entire families, some of which are made up of two dads”she continued. “These children are in our classes, they are loved, supported. This violence […] she risks taking her to the schoolyard. It’s a call for violence, nothing else… and that’s serious, even more so when you’re a political leader.”pointed out Sarah El Haïry again.
This is why the minister immediately announced that she wanted, “A day”holding a debate on GPA in France. “I just hope that the preparation of our country to one day have this debate can take place. It’s healthy and it’s serene.”, she justified herself. While recognizing that this subject “is difficult to address because it is exploited by extremes”Sarah El Haïry called for “get away from hypocrisy”. “There are GPAs in the world today […] We must protect these children and their rights”added.
Political fight
Marion Maréchal’s tweet triggered a wave of reactions within the majority. The MP and former Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune, commented on X: “Never the last for a disgusting comment, about a family and children…” Prisca Thévenot, the government spokesperson, deplored a “uninhibited homophobia” And “mind-blowing”. “Two dads. Who love each other and love these children. it is good too”, finally declared the former Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt. As a reminder, Emmanuel Macron promised in 2017 not to legalize GPA.
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According to Marion Maréchal, this technique amounts to transforming children into “consumer goods”. “I will never accept that we trivialize the fact of renting a woman’s belly for a pregnancy. I am not a product to be rented. My uterus is not a product for rent”, she insisted. The Zemmourist candidate also denounces the “surrogate mother contracts, in a number of foreign countries” where there would be “two-year guarantees” for the child. Before finally characterizing this practice of“huge human trafficking business which represents 14 billion euros in 2022”.
