As France looks ahead to its 2027 presidential election, former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has thrust surrogacy back into the center of the country’s political debate.
Attal, who announced his presidential bid in May and now leads President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party, has called for a national debate on legalizing surrogacy, which remains prohibited under French law. He has openly linked the issue to his personal desire to have children with his partner, European Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné, a former French foreign minister, through surrogacy.
The proposal places Attal at odds with Macron, who has repeatedly described the legalization of surrogacy as a
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