Las clauses of surrogacy contracts, where everything is covered, vary from country to country e. even the states of countries like the United States. In the country presided over by Joe Biden, there have been pregnant mothers who claim their right to keep the baby they have given birth to.
The is not regulated the same in all countries. Does the surrogate mother have any right to decide once she gives birth if she wants to keep the child? She is expressly excluded from most cases when there is financial consideration. There are more circumstances and eventualities that remain collected in contracts and to which ‘Cuatro al Día’ has had access.
Surrogacy contracts
In the contracts of Florida surrogacy the amounts that will be delivered to the pregnant woman as the pregnancy progresses are shown. And, also, it is specifically detailed that this payment is not about a purchase.
These amounts vary according to each country. If the pregnancy is altruistic, the amount is less. In any case, the agencies insist that they are looking specifically for women who don’t do it out of necessity.
In the contract that they show, it also appears that the pregnant women are obliged to comply with some recommendations medical. such as not smoking or drinking, doing risky sports or not having contact with cats, due to the risk of toxoplasmosis. If the baby is damaged by not following them, they can be sued.
Of course, if the child is born with a serious problem, the intended parents are forced to take care of the baby. Another circumstance is that there was a laboratory error and the child was not born with the genetic load of the parents, but they could reject the child. The pregnant woman can also make the decision to abort within the legal deadlines without the parents being compensated.
By contract, the mother waives any right to the baby but in some cases there are postpartum deadlines for herself the pregnant woman decides to give it up.
What happens in Spain?
In other countries where they are made altruistic gestations like Portugal that period is up to 21 days. In the case of the United States, lawyers usually mediate so that the baby appears as the child of the intended parents even before the birth of her.
Of course, when registering them in Spain, experts insist that the rule is insufficient to give guarantees to minors. In Spain there are more than 2,500 registered children born by surrogacy, an illegal practice in our country.
