Posted on 03/30/2023 8:44:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Spanish actress Ana Obergón sparked a debate over surrogacy, which is illegal in Spain, by announcing the arrival of her daughter, born via surrogate in the USA. Photo credit: Ana Obregón (via Instagram)
THE latest report on surrogacy in Spain has found that 2,500 babies have been born via surrogate, despite the practice being illegal in the country. The news comes after Spanish sit-com actress Ana Obregón faced backlash for announcing the birth of her baby via surrogacy in the USA on Wednesday, March 30.
Obregón’s decision attracted criticism due to the “clear poverty bias” between women who pay surrogates and women who become surrogates because they need the funds, according to Spanish Equality Minister, Irene Montero.
Obregón has previously talked about her struggles regarding children after she lost her only son to cancer at the age of 27 in 2020. She announced her happiness via Instagram with a cover she shot for iHola! Magazine, writing “A light has arrived in my life, bringing happiness into my darkness. I will never be alone again. I AM ALIVE AGAIN”.
Spain’s law forbids the “transaction of a human being”, which includes surrogacy. However, there is a legal loophole that allows for the registration of children born through surrogacy abroad, in accordance with the Hague Convention. To register a child in a Spanish consulate, only a birth certificate is required.
That surrogacy thing always seemed too close to human trafficking.
Of course some will argue that it is just another kind of adoption.
I have no problem with the legality of surrogacy. I have a problem with a woman not going through the natural process of pregnancy and birth if she can. This process via hormonal changes and carrying that life during the pregnancy creates a bond of mother to child that cannot be broken least the mother is insane. It is important to carry you own child if possible.
If it is not possible to carry your own child due to medical conditions, surrogacy is a blessing to the mother and father of the child.
Otherwise, surrogacy is an act of selfishness as one does not want to be inconvenienced of pregnancy and childbirth. The mother will never have the same bond as that of natural childbirth. At birth hormones at levels that are very high achieve this bonding process to the child.
So what happens when the surrogate is bonded to the child she carries, and doesn’t want to give it up?
No one has a "right" to have a baby, especially by immoral means. Surrogacy is an entirely selfish and immoral act done for the personal satisfaction of the parents.
“That surrogacy thing always seemed too close to human trafficking. Of course some will argue that it is just another kind of adoption.”
Yes, I have heard that argument and don’t agree with it. To me the availability of adoption means surrogacy is unnecessary. But then I am a real purist and could not approve an invitro situation either, except when the sperm donor is the husband of the woman and invitro is being used because of some systemic problem hindering a pregancy to occur normally, and for no other reason.
I ask myself where is the real heart of some people when adoption is available and there are so many children available for adoption, and you can’t have a child naturally, why would you chose surrogacy?? I don’t get it.
She’s 68 right now, and she’ll be 78 when the kid is 10. That’s another unnatural down side to surrogacy.
“A light has arrived in my life, bringing happiness into my darkness. I will never be alone again. I AM ALIVE AGAIN”.
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So she did this for totally selfish reasons with no regard for what’s best for a child in God’s Plan.
So what happens when the surrogate is bonded to the child she carries, and doesn’t want to give it up?
It happens, and the surrogate keeps the baby.
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