Does it be convenient to give a legal treatment to gestational surrogacy in our country?

• Main Author: Francisco Javier Matia Portilla
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia 2019-07-01
• Series: Revista de Derecho Político
• Subjects: gestación subrogada; vida familiar; vida privada; derechos humanos; nacionalidad; filiación; registro civil; permiso de maternidad
• Online Access: http://revistas.uned.es/index.php/derechopolitico/article/view/25269
• ISSN: 0211-979X; 2174-5625

This work has its origin in a paradox: although the gestational surrogacy constitutes in our country a null contract and that can originate criminal responsibilities, today more Spanish children come to this world following this technique than that of adoption. Hence, it still makes sense to ask if it is appropriate to give legal treatment to the gestational surrogacy. The study recalls the positions handled by the political parties, and the evolution of the issue in France and Spain, also in what concerns the registration in the Spanish civil registry of minors born outside our borders and in the rights linked to the take care of them. Particular importance is given to the decisions of the Strasbourg Court (in addition to the classic Labasse and Manesson judgments, the recent advisory opinion issued last April) and the Court of Justice of the European Union. After a thorough legal, jurisprudential and doctrinal analysis, the convenience of carrying out a guarantee regulation of the gestational surrogacy in our country is defended. Summary: 1. Intentions. 2. The social and political discussion on gestational surrogacy. 3. The gestational surrogacy in France. 4. And what has happened in Spain in relation to the gestational surrogacy. 5. It’s appropriate to give a legal treatment to the gestational surrogacy. 6. Bibliography quoted.