Undertaking a process of surrogacy of maternity is not an act allowed everywhere. In fact, each State has its own legislation on the matter. In Italy, for example, the law prohibits any woman from becoming a surrogate mother.
(oocytes and spermatozoa) of the couple requesting the surrogacy. However, this is not always the case; in fact, it is possible both to resort to the use of gametes from donors unrelated to the designated parents and to the surrogate mother, and to use the eggs of the surrogate mother and the seminal fluid of the intended parents who request the surrogate.
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In countries where surrogacy is legally allowed, there are real agencies that deal with finding and putting the surrogate mother in contact with parents requesting gestation for others. These agencies usually also deal with the drafting of the management subrogation contract and all the necessary bureaucratic procedures.
that will give rise to the "embryo will belong to the latter", while the spermatozoa can come from the designated parent, or from a donor.In the first case, the unborn child will be genetically related to both the parent who provided the male gametes and the surrogate mother. In the second case, however, the unborn child will not be genetically related to any of the designated parents, but will be genetically related to the surrogate mother and to the donor (external to the couple) who provided the male gametes.
Depending on the jurisdiction in force, insemination can:
- Be performed privately by the requesting parents and surrogate mother without medical intervention;
- Request medical intervention.
If gametes from donors are used, however - again according to the jurisdiction in force - the persons requesting surrogacy may have to go through an adoption process to obtain parental rights on the unborn or unborn child.
Gestational surrogacy
In gestational surrogacy, the surrogate mother is not genetically related to the unborn or unborn child, as the male and / or female gametes of the intended parents and / or the female and / or male gametes of one or more donors are used. In this case, therefore, the so-called in vitro fertilization is carried out and, in no case, the child or children that will be born will be genetically related to the surrogate mother.
To learn more about the medical procedures that can be used to initiate gestation for others, we recommend reading the following articles: Artificial Insemination - Intrauterine Insemination - In Vitro Fertilization.
, since only so-called altruistic surrogacy is allowed, i.e. free of charge.In other countries, however, the surrogate mother may request a cash payment to undertake gestation for others. In these cases, it is referred to as a lucrative surrogacy.
Finally, we remind you that, in some States, the use of a surrogate mother is allowed only to heterosexual couples.
