The subject of surrogacy has reached the Congress of Deputies. This morning, the leader of Citizens Albert Rivera, has registered a bill that aims to regulate surrogacy during our country.
The political formation proposes the creation of a National Registry of Gestation by Subrogation in which the women who freely wish to offer their belly, as well as surrogate couples.
Altruistic and for over 25 years
In our country, surrogacy is prohibited. Therefore, couples who want to be parents in this way must travel to countries where this practice is legalized, finding many difficulties to enroll their children in the Civil Registry upon their return to Spain.
That is why Citizens has decided to present a bill so that surrogacy in our country is legal, free and altruistic, and where the pregnant mother meets the following requirements:
Be over 25 years old
Having been the mother of at least one healthy child before undergoing this process
Having good health and not having a criminal record or drug or alcohol use
Be Spanish or legal resident in Spain
Have a stable socio-economic situation
Not have been pregnant by subrogation more than once before
Similarly, the parent or parents involved in this surrogacy process must also comply with some parameters:
Be over 25 and under 45
Have nationality or legally reside in Spain
Prove the capacity and skills necessary to face this process
Not having a kinship relationship with the pregnant mother (that is, a woman will not be able to gestate her sister's baby or her daughter, for just two examples)
Having exhausted or incompatible with assisted reproduction techniques
The woman who offers to gestate another couple's baby must do so totally free and selfless, although surrogate parents must bear the financial expenses derived from pregnancy, travel or work, as well as provide the pregnant woman with the ideal conditions both before and during pregnancy and after the postpartum period.
The bill also proposes a series of financial fines ranging from 1,000 euros for minor offenses, up to 10,000 euros for serious and up to one million euros for very serious, including payments to the mother pregnant woman (except those derived from pregnancy and childbirth).
Will this bill go ahead?
At the moment, this proposal is nothing more than a bill that must be voted on by the rest of the political parties. The PSOE has already clearly positioned itself against this measure; United We affirm that within his party there are diverse opinions on the matter and the PP, although initially contrary, declares that he will study in detail the project presented.
For its part, the Bioethics Committee of Spain (under the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality) was positioned last May totally contrary to the practice of surrogacy not only in our country but throughout the world.
Again, the debate, both political and citizen, is back on the table.
Via The World, The Country, The Confidential, Public
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