Although surrogacy has not been legal in Spain since 2006 and the law expressly prohibits the commercial promotion of surrogacy since February 2023, a simple internet search allows you to locate several companies that They advertise their services for Spaniards looking to hire a surrogate. abroad. A circumstance that the Hazte Oír organization reported in the past to the State Attorney General’s Office and that has now been sent to the deputy prosecutor of the Civil Court “for evaluation and for the execution of legally appropriate actions.”
In its complaint, the entity condemns the “trafficking in human beings carried out through the business of surrogacy” and bases this on the decision of the Council of the European Union of April 24, which includes gestation surrogate as a form of trafficking. In the text presented to the Prosecutor’s Office, the entity also expresses its perplexity at the ease with which “This service is exposed with astonishing impudence [en internet] in addition to verifying that many of these companies have a permanent establishment in Spain to carry out an illegal commercial activity. Furthermore, it points out that the territories where there is the greatest presence of these centers are Madrid and Barcelona, ”coinciding with the abortion business,” they explain in their press release.
«The Government that claims to be the most feminist does nothing against this practice. Hazte Oír does not have the legitimacy to file lawsuits directly against companies, but the Women’s Institute or the Government Delegation for Gender Violence. For this reason, we have brought these facts to the attention of the Prosecutor’s Office, so that it fulfills its duty to prosecute crimes,” explained the association’s lawyer, Javier María Pérez-Roldán.
The entity considers “that it is important to recognize that this reality implies doing business with human lives.” In addition, he also criticizes the companies involved and condemns that “no matter how much good slogans like ‘we help you fulfill your dream’, people are being trafficked in exchange for money. Given this, the institution’s lawyer has demanded that “Organic Law 1/2023, in its articles 32 and 33, be complied with and therefore declare the illegality and cessation of the advertising of surrogacy in Spain.”
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