Surrogate management generates contradictions in society. Freedom or use of the female body, legal or illegal, business, solidarity... Professor Arantza Campos speaks to us from a feminist point of view, “in defense of women and their rights”.

“The main reason for this action is business, because very few women or no one does it if there is no money,” explains Campos. He says that, as in other areas of life, there are people who have money and need money, so the financial interests protect the rental of the uterus: “How many wealthy women will plant for poor women without the means? So what is supportive pregnancy? The reality is that rich men buy poor women.”

Surrogate management is legal in several places in Europe: For example, in Russia, Ukraine, Greece, Georgia or the United Kingdom. It is illegal in Spain; the woman giving birth is legally the mother of the child. In France it is also a crime and can be punished by financial fines or imprisonment. However, there are people who are moving along that path. “As it is hidden, it is not possible to know the exact figure, but within the association of families with surrogate management ‘Son Our Sons’ (Son Our Sons), some 100 have chosen in 2016 in Hego Euskal Herria,” says Campos.

Care for the woman who has already worked as an incubator after the birth of the baby

“Legalizing the rent of women’s bodies means the disappearance of their freedom and autonomy for nine months. Because those bodies will be in the hands of shoppers,” says Campos. “The bodies that are sold and rented are women’s and they are the owners. But little attention is paid to them. It is important to do the incubator work and to give food, drink, blood and heat to the child during that time. Once the child is born, the woman's body and mental health are not a priority for anyone. It tells us that the woman who carries out the pregnancy "disappears" by establishing the fertilized eggs. “The woman is already given little guarantee, even so that now the greatest strength is one egg from another.”

The UPV professor also tells us about the feminist claim ‘Our Bodies Are Our’. “But tell me: Can a woman who has rented a uterus abort when she suffers apparent exploitation and slavery? How long do you own the body? It’s a great contradiction to talk about women’s rights when they don’t care what happens to the woman who becomes an incubator.”

From the point of view of Campos, society considers women as an object and a product and, in this case, also the child. “I have always been critical of biological motherhood, with the obsession of having children of your own blood. Meanwhile, thousands of children live in misery, disappear at borders or in wars. But everyone wants to have children of his blood and perfect. Who is born with the disease, for example? I doubt the buyer will want an imperfect child.”