Data say that more and more families are considering surrogacy as an option to have a baby.
It is not an exclusive option of homosexual families, although they are the most frequent or the ones that receive the most attention from the media. Those who have fertility problems also opt more and more frequently for surrogacy. And despite everything, it is still an illegal practice in Spain and some other countries.
"Welcome Home: A family story" is a documentary that tells the experience of surrogacy of a couple of Spanish parents. Talk about it and with them, the reality beyond the laws.
“Welcome Home: A family story” is a documentary directed by Pablo Rogero about the experience of surrogacy of a couple of Spanish parents. It covers the entire process from when the couple begins the procedures to go to the United States, where this practice is regularized and legalized, until their son Galileo was born and they returned to Spain.
If you want to watch this documentary you just have to go to the website of the production company (or click on the trailer that comes later) and watch it in its online version or download it for a very affordable price.
The idea is to show that this practice is more frequent than we think and that in this also, as in other aspects, laws should go more to the rhythm of the needs of the population.
Surrogacy
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It is an assisted reproduction technique in which the two members of the couple contribute their "Genetic load" to an anonymous egg donor.
After this, it will be a third person who will carry out the pregnancy. Everything is negotiated through an agency where all parties agree before beginning the process.
In countries like the United States, everything is regulated by law and in at least eight of the states that form it is a completely legal practice. In Spain, France, Holland, Germany, Sweden or the United Kingdom, this practice is illegal and prohibited.
The case included in the documentary is from 2011, when the couple returned to Spain with their baby born through a rental belly in the United States. Here they encountered problems that they had to solve on the fly and that are now solved for the other children born through surrogacy.
The European Court of Human Rights issued at the time before the situation that many parents were presented with an instruction to be able to register children "on condition of demonstrating a filiation trial." Something that came to solve the problem of the nationality of these babies when their parents returned to their country of origin to start their family life with their new child. Something that happened in Spain and something that also affected the protagonists of the documentary.
Defenders and detractors
It is still a practice that has passionate defenders and detractors.
Only a few months ago were the Italian designers Dolce and Gavanna those who made very hard criticisms about this kind of motherhood talking about "The children of chemistry, synthetic children." Statements for which they have apologized after the stir they raised.
On the other hand, families like Galileo's who have found this option within a legal framework, defend it with their example and that of many other acquaintances and friends who have also opted for surrogacy to be able to have a child.
There are as many as there are cases, what is missing is legislation in countries like Spain and in so many others.
