The testimonies of victims and those harmed by assisted fertilisation clinics in Córdoba are piling up as the days go by, in the case that investigates these centres for alleged recruitment and trafficking of people in vulnerable situations to carry out pregnancies through surrogacy for couples who could not procreate independently.
In the coverage that it carries out Alejandra Garcia Krizanec For Canal C, we were able to speak to two men who are part of a couple who asked for legal and medical advice from one of these assisted fertilization institutions, in order to be able to have another child.
In an exclusive testimony for Canal CThe men said that in the last few hours one of them testified in Federal Courts before prosecutors Gonella and Senestrarias witnesses for five hours. There they explained why they decided to carry out the procedure to expand their family in Córdoba and not in Buenos Aires or the United States, how they met the pregnant woman and what treatment they received from the lawyers involved and accused.
“We formed a strong bond with the surrogate mother and it was clear that the relationship with her and our child was going to be lifelong,” He highlighted and appointed the lawyer and current director of Senaf, Julia Reartes, as the “great creator of this misfortune that we had as a family”. Reartes was “The legal advisor of the Fecundart clinic, she sponsored all the families who wanted to be surrogates in this fertility process. The clinic put us in contact with her, this is directed, not recommended.”
To which they add: “When we explained it to the judge, the prosecutor said that his name should be removed from the record. When (Reartes) was named, everyone remained silent and looked at each other.” And with anguish, they add: “The desire to be parents is not exclusive to heterosexuals. Since I was a teenager I wanted to have children. The judge ruined us morally, ethically and financially.“.
