Mary Seery Kearney with surrogacy advocates
Former Senator Mary Seery Kearney is currently in Brussels participating in EU group meetings regarding surrogacy legislation.
Italy has recently passed legislation that makes surrogacy a universal crime. This means an Italian couple could engage in lawful surrogacy in Ireland and under law, once it is commenced, they would face criminal proceedings were they to return to Italy.
This move is in breach of EU law by Italy, with similar rumblings coming from Spain.
While in Brussels Ms Seery Kearney will attend a “cross-European group meeting addressing surrogacy status regulations and modelling the Irish legislation”.
Both domestic and…