The “Confederation of the Polish Crown” party has announced the cancellation of an event organized by the Ukrainian company BioTexCom, which is engaged in commercial surrogacy.
The fair was to take place on September 12–13 at the Centrum Żoliborz in Warsaw. The Ukrainian clinic BioTexCom planned to present its services — surrogacy for foreign clients. But those plans were not destined to come true.
“The ‘surrogacy fair’ of the Ukrainian company BioTexCom, announced for September 12–13 in Warsaw, has been canceled. We learned about this event thanks to the actions of Ordo Iuris, which publicized the matter and intervened,” reads the statement from the Confederation of the Polish Crown.
Who Stopped It?
The main initiator of the campaign against the event was the Ordo Iuris Institute — a conservative legal organization. Specifically, it:
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Publicized the planned BioTexCom event.
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Filed a complaint with the Warsaw-Śródmieście prosecutor’s office, pointing to signs of illegal adoption organization, preparation for human trafficking, and participation in an organized criminal group.
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Prepared a petition to the Prosecutor General calling for the “fair” to be blocked. It can be signed at niedlasurogacji.pl.
Activist Agnieszka Kaczmarczyk of the Confederation of the Polish Crown was the first to draw public attention to this event. She pointed out that the clinic offers commercial surrogacy services, which is a crime in Poland. It was she who declared:
“A woman is not an incubator!” — and called on the Warsaw authorities and law enforcement to intervene.
The wPolsce24 television channel actively covered the topic. After its reports and protests from various organizations, the owner of the Centrum Żoliborz premises refused to rent the hall to the Ukrainian firm.
Others also voiced their positions:
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Attorney Bartosz Malewski of Ordo Iuris, who explained on wPolsce24 that in Poland adoption is possible only through a court.
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Stanisław Pyrzanowski, who reminded that Article 211a of the Polish Criminal Code protects children from being treated as goods.
“A Woman Is Not an Incubator, a Child Is Not a Product”
The Confederation of the Polish Crown took a firm stance from the very beginning. Back on August 27, the party issued a statement clearly defining its position: a woman is not an incubator, pregnancy is not a service, and a child is not a product.
“Poland is not a market for trading motherhood! A human being is not a commodity,” the party emphasized.
And although the conference was canceled, the Confederation warns: this is not the end. The party will continue to monitor BioTexCom’s actions and respond to any attempts to promote the surrogacy industry on Polish soil.
Surrogacy is banned in Poland. Article 211a of the Criminal Code explicitly prohibits organizing adoption in violation of the law, including commercial surrogacy. This carries up to 5 years in prison.
But BioTexCom is a Ukrainian company, and it operates under Ukrainian laws, where surrogacy is legal. The clinic has been offering services to foreign clients for many years: from 40,000 to 70,000 euros per “package.” In Warsaw, they wanted to promote these services among Poles. It did not work out.
While Moldova discusses how to combat human trafficking and protect children, in neighboring Poland civil society and politicians have shown that all it takes is not being indifferent. And sometimes — simply not renting out the hall.
