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An eclectic coalition fights this motherless baby-enabling technology because it violates the rights of both women and children.

An international campaign to ban surrogacy has received a strong endorsement from the Vatican

Casablanca Declaration spokeswoman and surrogate baby Olivia Maurel recently met with Pope Francis to share their joint condemnation of the practice of surrogacy to mark the first year of the declaration’s signing.

While Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and other celebrities make headlines when surrogate mothers give birth to their children, it is much more rare to hear from the unnamed surrogate mothers themselves or the children born of surrogacy about how it affected them.

For Maurel, being born via surrogacy led to abandonment trauma, identity issues, and several suicide attempts.

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ROME -- An international campaign to ban surrogacy received a strong endorsement Friday from the Vatican, with a top official calling for a broad-based alliance to stop the "commercialization of life."

An international campaign to ban surrogacy has received a strong endorsement from the Vatican. A top official is calling for a broad-based alliance to stop the “commercialization of life” catering

At issue is whether there is a fundamental right to have a child, or whether the rights of children trump the desires of potential parents.