What is the cost of illegal surrogacy?
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Although our country has always been resolutely cracking down on the phenomenon of surrogacy, due to the existence of market demand and huge economic benefits, various underground assisted reproductive institutions have always been banned repeatedly.
Recently, a domestic female celebrity was exposed to a surrogate abroad, which triggered heated discussions among netizens.
Surrogacy is expressly prohibited in our country, but some people take risks and even go abroad for surrogacy.
Surrogacy underground agency: 666,000 yuan "zero risk" package
"My daughter-in-law said she would divorce if she didn't have a child. The relationship between husband and wife for 12 years is separated and united. Surrogacy is no way." After the fourth test-tube baby failed, Mr. Guo, 39 in Yunnan, thought about finding a surrogate. "I found an overseas surrogacy agency and offered a surrogacy price of 750,000 yuan to Thailand and 600,000 yuan domestically. Because of the impact of the epidemic, my daughter-in-law and I still plan to do it in China."
Song Jun (pseudonym), a surrogacy agency practitioner, said that the epidemic has further spawned the domestic surrogacy market.
He works in a surrogacy agency in Chengdu.
He revealed that since the beginning of this year, he has received several overseas Chinese customers. Some customers settled abroad, but they prefer Chinese pregnant mothers. Some customers have not done well in other countries and switched to domestic work.
Due to the continuous spread of overseas epidemics, some foreign surrogacy agencies have gradually moved into the domestic market.
“Most pregnant mothers in our institution come from mountainous rural areas, have a birth history, are under 33 years old, and are very popular with customers. Now the domestic technology is more and more mature, and it is more convenient than overseas. There is no need for customers to do it abroad.” He said.
According to the price list provided by Song Jun, the cost of only egg or sperm donor and transplantation is 80,000 yuan, and the cost of surrogacy alone is 280,000 yuan.
Covering the “one-stop” service of egg donation, transplantation, surrogacy, and paternity testing, the “zero-risk” package that promises to hold the baby in two years is 666,000 yuan. Surrogacy agencies also provide a variety of “packages” services based on demand, with clearly marked prices.
Taking Song Jun’s company as an example, customers need to undergo a physical examination first, and provide the surrogacy agency with basic information such as age, pregnancy test results, chromosomes of both parties, analysis of the male partner’s sperm quality, and woman’s ovarian function. Then they can visit the company in person to confirm their cooperation intention and After signing the contract, the woman can start ovulation, retrieve the eggs, and take the sperm from the man at the same time. An embryo can be made in about 20 days.
Seeking pregnancy prescription, surrogacy prescription and surrogacy agency,
Face multiple legal risks
Not long ago, some media exposed the first news in Chengdu, Sichuan that a girl was unable to register because of a surrogacy customer's chargeback.
After spending more than 700,000 yuan to find a child born by a surrogate, the hearing was found to be weak during the physical examination. The couple took the surrogacy agency to the court and demanded a full refund, but the surrogacy agency counterclaimed for the final payment of 180,000 yuan; the man looked for Surrogacy, after waiting for several years, I haven’t seen the child, and I can’t get the money back, so I have to sue the surrogacy agency to repay the money; the woman received 11 million yuan for the surrogacy of the rich and was sentenced to refund... , Such as fraudulent illegal and criminal acts caused by surrogacy contracts, custody disputes, inheritance disputes and guardianship disputes caused by surrogacy.
In order to ensure the success rate of embryo implantation, surrogates must continue to inject and take medicine, even try once every three or four months; if the fetus is defective, abandonment may occur... The surrogacy agency says "just pay to hold the baby", However, it does not mention that my country prohibits surrogacy in any form, and the agreement signed by both parties is not recognized by law.
Who is the mother of the child and the health risks of the surrogate mother are all issues faced by participants in this underground illegal industry.
According to the situation, the surrogate mother and the blood mother will sign a contract that stipulates the obligations and rights of both parties to avoid subsequent disputes.
But despite this, there is still no guarantee that everything will go smoothly. If the surrogate mother conceals the medical history or makes a temporary change, or if the child is born with disability and other uncertain factors, it will not be solved by a contract.
Xue Jun, a professor at Peking University School of Law, believes that during the surrogacy process, even if the sperm and eggs belong to a commissioned couple, and the child is produced by another female body, some people may feel that the parent-child relationship is disordered.
During pregnancy and childbirth, the surrogate may develop a mother-child complex with the fetus and is unwilling to give up after the child is born, resulting in a struggle for ownership.
Originally, childbirth is a great thing. Whether it is a pregnancy seeker, a surrogate agency or even a surrogacy agency, they are all faced with multiple legal risks.
Even if a surrogacy agreement is signed, if either party goes back, it will be difficult for the other to defend its rights; even if the lawsuit goes to the court, it may be difficult to achieve the expected results because the agreement is invalid.
Why does underground surrogacy continue to be banned repeatedly
The reporter combed the relevant legal provisions on "prohibition of surrogacy". On February 20, 2001, the former Ministry of Health of my country issued the "Management Measures on Human Assisted Reproductive Technology" and "Human Sperm Bank in the form of Ministerial Order No. 14 and No. 15 Management Measures.
Lawyer Chen Rongrong of Yunnan Yongxin Law Firm pointed out that surrogacy may produce a series of issues such as morality, ethics, parent-child relationship, etc., which will have many deep-seated impacts on society, families, and individuals.
Among them, only the parent-child relationship in surrogacy will cause a series of legal issues.
Chen Rongrong told reporters that in my country, medical institutions and medical staff are explicitly prohibited from implementing "surrogacy" technology.
The "Administrative Measures for Human Assisted Reproductive Technology" issued by the former Ministry of Health stipulated that medical institutions and medical staff shall not implement any form of surrogacy technology, otherwise they will be fined and administrative sanctions. Surrogacy that is not medically necessary is illegal.
And if organizations, intermediaries, individuals, etc. illegally engage in organization and surrogacy and other activities, it is also illegal, and the circumstances are serious, suspected of illegal medical practice, illegal business and other crimes.
Although our country has always been resolutely combating the phenomenon of surrogacy, due to the existence of market demand and huge economic benefits, various underground assisted reproductive institutions have always been banned repeatedly. Some intermediary organizations illegally collect sperm, donate sperm, and collect eggs underground. Illegal trading activities such as egg donation and surrogacy occurred frequently.
Since female egg donation is much more complicated than male sperm donation, my country currently has a sperm bank, but no egg bank.
Therefore, donating eggs (or borrowing eggs) is one of the businesses commonly carried out by underground illegal surrogacy agencies.
In recent years, the underground industrial chain of surrogacy has been banned and extended to ordinary people.
On the one hand, it is caused by physical diseases. If the woman has a problem with her uterus, she can only rely on someone else's uterus if she wants to have her own child.
According to Sanlian Life Weekly, a survey data in the 1990s showed that the infertility rate among people of childbearing age was only 3%-5%, which was lower than the 5%-8% rate in developed countries.
Many hospitals have seen business opportunities, and many hospitals have appeared in corresponding businesses for a while; on the other hand, families who have lost children, most of the older women who have lost children have entered menopause, have lost fertility, and need help in finding egg donors.
During the reporter's interview, some experts believed that opening the "front door" for normal reproductive needs is a way out to combat the "egg black market."
You can refer to the management requirements of volunteer donors, improve the relevant legal system, conditionally release volunteer donor eggs, broaden the source of donated eggs, so that regular medical institutions can carry out donor egg treatment and meet the treatment needs of infertility.
To deal with the problem of surrogacy and illicit birth, it is necessary to solve the problem, to address the needs of specific groups such as families who have lost children, lack of fertility, etc., and provide qualified medical institutions under the premise of perfecting laws and regulations and strict supervision. Related Services.
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