Maternidad Subrogada: El Negocio de la Vida

Abstract

Abstract

Surrogacy, as "surrogate motherhood", is known as an alternative method of assisted reproduction in which one or more parents hire a surrogate mother or gestational carrier to have a child, a child is the biological child of the contracting parent. This is a method used worldwide for reproduction due to fertility problems or other conditions that prevent natural reproduction, since such a technique is currently under development, representing important limitations when allowing or prohibiting. Where you can learn more information related to the legal process of surrogate motherhood in Colombia, this document presents the strongest positions of both parties, addressing the current situation of the issue in Colombia, showing the part and counterpart of the problems of those who come to this process. Mainly, in the research it was decided to use a method of gathering information through interviews, conducted with pregnant women, parents of intention, psychologists, former senator and lawyers expert in the legal and family issue, in order to support the investigation with the conclusion to expose the current state of non-regulation, evidencing the constitutional court in Colombia, the process to this said technique and the topical figures that are necessarily involved on surrogate motherhood in Colombia.