Government published a new document prohibiting the registration of children born abroad through rental belly.
A rental belly It’s a practice prohibited em Spain. For almost 20 years this method has not been allowed in the country.
Now, it has moved to another level: a baby who was born by a rental belly, even if it was in another country, it cannot be registered in Spain.
The new regulation was published by the Spanish Ministry of Justice on Thursday; It prevents direct registration in the Spanish civil registration of children born abroad through rental belly, a prohibited practice in Spain since 2006.
Whoever resorts to this system has to prove the biological bond or start an adoption processexplains the.
The government’s priority will be prevent Spanish from circumventing the law Spanish.
So far, registrations of minors could be made in Spain through foreign resolutions. In 2023 154 cases were recorded in Spain through this mechanism.
O Supreme Court It had already indicated last year that a validated rental belly contract in another country (in the US, in that case) violates human dignity and cannot be recognized in Spain because it is contrary to public order.
The Supreme Court had had that the replacement maternity transforms women and children into mere objects of trade, in question of their moral integrity.
O European Court of Human Rights It allows its Member States to limit or prevent rental bellies if this is against their national law-as in Spain.
