Spain bans its embassies from registering babies born through surrogacy

The government of Spain banned by decree this Thursday the registration of births of babies abroad due to surrogated pregnancy, a practice declared illegal in the country by law in 2006.The directive obliges those who have obtained a baby from a surrogate mother to demonstrate the biological link with them or to formally adopt the child to register their birth in the civil registry. “In no case will the persons in charge of the civil registers a…

Spain bans registration of overseas surrogate births

Spain's left-wing government published a decree on Thursday banning the registering of births of babies born abroad to surrogate mothers, a practice outlawed in the country under a 2006 law.

Congratulations to the Government for this step, but we must go further. We must clearly legislate the total prohibition of this dehumanizing practice of surrogacy and, if necessary, criminalize it in the Penal Code. It would be a nice way to highlight the Spanish leadership in human rights. I don’t want birth pains, I want the baby!” Al Pacino (Ocean’s Thirteen) The Government puts a stone on the path of the women’s exploitation industry for re…

Spain bans its embassies from registering babies born through surrogacy

From Madrid to Rome, ideologically opposed European politicians are united in their ban of the practice.

The Spanish government will prohibit parents from registering children born abroad through surrogacy in the country. Parents will now have to prove a direct biological connection to the child or formally adopt the child to register it in Spain.

Subrogated pregnancy has been banned in that country since 2006, but a legal vacuum allowed Spanish couples to register babies born with this system abroad. From now on, they will not be able to do so unless they show their biological link or formally adopt the child.