The maternity surrogate It is the practice by which a woman agrees to become pregnant, carry the pregnancy to term and give birth to a child, all for another person or partner, who are or become the child’s parents.
This modality has become a real and safe solution for many couples who, due to some situation, cannot have children, and who prefer this gestation alternative instead of adopting.
There are two types of surrogacy:
-The altruist: when the pregnant woman does it for free, due to ties of love, friendship or kinship with the contracting partner
-The onerous: receives from the contracting couple a consideration for delivering the child at birth
Process
The maternity surrogate It can be through artificial insemination that can be both with the semen of the couple and a donor, and consists of carefully observing the woman’s menstrual cycle, depositing the semen in her vagina just when an egg is released.
In vitro fertilization, is the technique by which the fertilization of oocytes by sperm is carried out outside the mother’s body
According to statistics, around 20 percent of couples in Mexico are infertile; that is, 1 in 6 couples has problems getting pregnant.
HOW MUCH?
The costs to carry a baby in a contracted womb vary, as they can range from 100,000 to 500,000 pesos, if it is expensive surrogacy.
However, due to the fact that in many parts of the country it is not legal, many women carry out this practice in hiding, with the internet being their greatest ally.
In social networks, women between 20 and 30 years old are seen offering their wombs, arguing that they do so in support of couples who cannot have children, as well as those homosexual couples. Treatment is usually in vitro and the cost depends on the case.
Two types
The altruistic, which is when the pregnant woman does it for free, due to ties of love, friendship or kinship with the contracting partner; the one onerous does receive from the contracting couple a consideration for delivering the child to him at birth
Legal in Mexico City, Colima, the State of Mexico, Zacatecas, Michoacán and Hidalgo the rent of bellies.
In vitro fertilization is one of the last assisted reproduction alternatives that women or couples with problems resort to to achieve a pregnancy and hoping to fulfill her dream of having a baby; a dream that could cost more than 150 thousand pesos.
On internet pages users can find advertisements like this:
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OTHER PROCESSES
In Mexico, between 15 and 17 percent of Mexicans of reproductive age present some disorder related to infertility, which is diagnosed by the inability to achieve a pregnancy after a year of unprotected sex.
Currently, the price of in vitro fertilization, which is a highly complex treatment, ranges between 60,000 and 75,000 pesos on average, a cost that can even double if egg or sperm donation is used and if pre-implantation genetic diagnoses are needed , with what can exceed 150 thousand pesos.
The elevated price of the treatment is due to the fact that fertilization takes place outside the womb and requires specialized laboratory equipment to treat oocytes, sperm and embryos. In addition, the use of medication to stimulate ovulation, as well as outpatient procedures, add costs.
However, it should be considered that “of ten couples who have problems getting pregnant, five get pregnant naturally and five require assisted reproduction.
AND THE LEGISLATION
The Supreme court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) will pronounce, this week, for the first time on the maternity surrogate in the country, when resolving an action of unconstitutionality that questions the powers of the Congress of Tabasco to legislate on this issue, as well as an injunction promoted by a private company dedicated to this practice.
The first case is the unconstitutionality action 16/2016 that the former Attorney General’s Office filed against several articles of the Tabasco Civil Code that regulate the different techniques of assisted human reproduction, which it defines as “the set of practices clinical and biological techniques for the creation of a new human being, achieved through scientifically accredited techniques authorized by health legislation “.
The project was prepared by Minister Norma Lucía Piña Hernández, and so far it has not been made public.
The second case is the protection of a private company that is dedicated to obtaining surrogate mothers, as well as putting them in contact with couples with problems in conceiving descendants and mediating so that they reach an agreement; it also facilitates the necessary hospital facilities and laboratories throughout the process.
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