Surrogacy is one of the most controversial issues generated in all areas due to the ethical complexities it raises. In Spain it is a practice not allowed and there are many parents who travel abroad every year to realize their dream of being parents. About this tricky issue, there was talk yesterday on the show 'Chester' from Risto Meijide.
Last night the guest was Irene Montero, number two of Podemos, who is firmly against this practice. After a good time of entertaining and even sweet interview, with a journey through the life of the spokeswoman, and taking advantage of the deputy's twin pregnancy, Risto attacked asking his opinion about surrogacy. The most tense moment was when Sonia, mother of twins for surrogacy, entered the set, who told her experience and defended the regulation of the bellies for rent in our country.
"The wombs cannot be sold" vs "I believe in the freedom to decide"
Minutes before the mother entered the set, the deputy had said that for her "subject the uterus to commodification of women is not good, "as if a person decided to sell his kidney.
"Most of the time it becomes farms of women who have few resources and find in this a way to fulfill their dreams. It has its risks and difficult times, because complications can occur. I think that the wombs cannot be sold. facilitate other alternatives "
Sonia Ruano is a mother who after suffering infertility due to uterine cancer He decided to resort to a rental belly to start a family. Adoption was not an option for her because she had cancer, so she went abroad to fulfill her wish. "People who suffer infertility are doomed to go abroad," said the mother.
After telling her experience, the mother went directly to Irene:
"I wanted to convey a reality because precisely as a woman, as a feminist I am against the exploitation of women, but I believe in women's freedom to decide. I think it is the responsibility of our political parties to take the pulse of a social reality. Surrogacy has come to stay. What I would like, now that you are also pregnant, what our political parties could do to regulate this and do things well. "
"What would you do?"
After listening to the mother tell her experience (you can watch the full video here), Risto asked Irene to put herself in the skin of the guest mother, she asked:
- "In this case, what would you do? Would you ban his dream of being a mother?"
- "I would forbid it through surrogacy. I would suggest that you look for another alternative."
- "Should I then give up the option of being a mother?"
- "No. Through surrogacy. There are other alternatives. Adoption is one of them."
But it turns out that this mother has not been able to adopt, since according to the International Adoption Law having gone through a disease such as cancer is not exclusive, but a negative personal circumstance for which the adoption process can be rejected.
Sonia continued:
"We do not understand how in Spain having the best professionals, the best clinics, the best lawyers, the best psychologists, we have to mortgage for a lifetime because of the non-regulation of surrogacy gestation. And this makes them grow like mushrooming agencies that deceive to people and where there really is a model of exploitation. "
"Donating is not the same as selling"
"It is not the same to donate than to sell. When it comes to replacement pregnancy, it is always mediating the laws of the market. You have to look for other alternatives." @Irene_Montero_ in @Chester_cuatro #ChesterMyWay pic.twitter.com/8RI3JO8DSI
- WE CAN (@ahorapodemos) June 17, 2018
"You insult my family model"
"Sorry, but when I hear a womb sell you are insulting my family model because that is what my daughters will hear in a few years," said the mother Irene had in front of her.
"When I hear about" selling the uterus, "@Irene_Montero_, I feel like you're insulting my family model" #ChesterMyWay> //t.co/XLIhfM7tHf pic.twitter.com/UswjMY3d8R
- CHESTER (@Chester_cuatro) June 17, 2018
The reactions in the networks
The program has unleashed opinions of all kinds on social networks. From those who criticize the empathy of the deputy of Podemos with the guest mother to those who totally disagree with the practice of this woman who paid for a rental belly:
You are a feminist but you do not support surrogacy, when it is an action that helps another woman, and when it is an action decided by the woman herself. There are women who have no more options, Irene Montero. Zero Empathy #ChesterMyWay
- Susana C (@baugri) June 17, 2018
In #ChesterMyWay they talk about surrogacy. A woman who paid in the USA speaks, everything went well. Let the one who cut the contract speak when having a child with Down syndrome. In total DISCOUNT with @ristomejide. In happy Cs.
- Luis Endera (@Luis_Endera) June 17, 2018
The mother who has rented a uterus has said that to be a mother she has had to mortgage for life.
- Protestona (@ protestona1) June 17, 2018
Therefore YOU HAVE PAID.
It has not been altruistic, NEVER IS.
No one gets pregnant for another for free. #ChesterMyWay
The eternal debate
As we saw last night, on television or outside it, Surrogacy is always a lively debate. On the one hand, those who are absolutely against it because they see it as a commodification of women, and on the other, those who defend the regulation of this practice so that it is legal, free, altruistic in our country. Impossible positions to approach. What do you think?
Finally, we cannot miss another interesting debate derived from the case of Sonia which is that of adoption requirements for parents who have suffered diseases such as cancer, which in some cases incapacitate them or have to wait many years to be able to be eligible for the process.
