In France, surrogacy is illegal. Many childless
families who can’t deal with infertility using offered treatment at home lose hope
to become parents. As a result such couples go to countries where surrogacy is
legal and can be done according the European standards. But coming back home to
France with child parents face with a huge problem - children born by surrogate
mothers abroad are not recognized by local authorities and do not receive
French citizenship. Earlier, two couples who faced with this problem, appealed
to the European Court of Human Rights with legal
statement. In 2000 American surrogate mother gave birth to twins for one French
couple and in 2001 another infertile husband and wife became happy parents of a
girl born by surrogate mother. But French government did not recognize these
children and till nowadays they have no citizenship. European Court of Human
Rights considered these statements and obligated French authorities to
recognize all children born by surrogate mothers abroad as French citizens. Examining
complaints court found violations of the European Convention on Human Rights in
both cases and ordered France to pay compensation for moral damage to all participants.
French authorities, in turn, disagree and make a
hostile demonstration against such a decision. Nevertheless France is obliged to fulfill
terms of the European court. "It is an important decision that will bring
relief not only to situation of these two couples but a great number of French
families who face with such a hopeless situation" - French lawyers argue.
France is not the only state that opposes surrogacy legalizing.
Italy and Germany are also in this list. In these countries every seventh
couple is infertile. They do not want to put up with this reality and travel to
countries where such medical programs are allowed. U.S.A, India and Ukraine are
the most popular states for childless families to conduct surrogacy. A lot of couples
choose America as a suitable place for such program, even though the inflated
prices. So, in America surrogacy can cost you 100-160 thousand euro and without
guarantee to receive positive result. Price depends on the number of attempts,
as each one is paid separately in America. In case of premature birth, you will
have to pay for every day that child will stay in hospital. And it will cost
you 4-5 thousand dollars per day. Taking into account the fact that baby’s stay
in hospital can last up to a month it will be pot of money. Also, do not forget
about flight - it will make a hole in family savings in an amount about 500-600
dollars.
As of Ukraine, this third world country pulled ahead
even advanced European countries in the reproductive medicine sphere. Ukraine has
taken up top position and occupied main part of this market. Here clinics
conduct cheap surrogacy programs, according to local law and with guarantee. In
Ukraine, market of reproductive services is monopolized by BioTexCom clinic. It
offers "all inclusive" packages with 100% guarantee for the successful
program’s result. Surrogacy program in BioTexCom costs 30 thousand euro. But, visiting
clinic’s web site it can be seen information concerning price’s increase. Thus,
according to the site, surrogacy program will cost 35 thousand euro in a year
and in future price will reach 50 thousand euro. This price includes unlimited
number of attempts, accommodation and food, transfer and manager who will help
you in all questions. If suddenly, after birth, child will need to stay in
hospital and receive any treatment clinic takes all these costs. That is, patients
pay only one fixed sum and get a 100% positive result. But many patients complain
about the huge queues, sometimes people have to wait in line during about a year
in order to start the program. But when woman is already over 40 years old she
has no time to wait. That’s why many people choose clinics in the United
States: Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, Center for Reproductive
Medicine and Infertility at New York, Infertility Center of St. Louis at St.
Luke's Hospital, Nevada Center for Reproductive Medicine, Southern California
Reproductive Center and others. It will be expensive but without queues.
India is another one suitable variant for infertile
couples. It is called as a Mecca of surrogacy. Such clinics as Ideal fertility
center, Bloom IVF Clinic, India Parakh Fertility Center and many others conduct
programs of egg donation and surrogacy fast, at a good price and with high
quality. In India, as well as in America, each attempt must be paid separately.
And if you're lucky to get pregnant successfully you will spend about 22-23
thousand euro. Flight and accommodation will cost a pretty penny - about 5 thousand euro. But
do not forget that you will need to visit clinic for 3-4 times. It’s also
rather expensive to stay in Indian hospital - about 1 thousand euro per month.
In India, issue with documents will become an obstacle
for foreigners who want to conduct surrogacy program there. Embassy does not
issue needed documents. Besides if you need a donor of biological material with
European genotype it will be a problem in India. Here doctors can offer you only
Hindu race donors. But, clinics in India have a solid base of worthy donors. Taking
into account all pros and cons of reproductive services in India, a great
number of patients go to Ukraine and America in order to use surrogacy. There you
will face any difficulties and successfully receive all necessary documents for
a newborn baby during some days.
Hunkering down to go through surrogacy outside home
country, documentary part of the medical program is always the main issue for
infertile couples. Obtaining of documents for the child in order to leave the
country and citizenship are the main problems couple can face with. So, Americans
and Italians will have no problem with documents and will be successfully inscribed
as parents in birth certificate of baby born by a surrogate mother abroad. In
the case of German citizens, father (German citizen) is written as “child’s father”
in the certificate and name of surrogate mother in the "mother of the
child" column.
Surrogacy and egg donation legalization process slowly
but surely moves forward in the world. Recently, Italian law permitted egg
donation, Greece legalized surrogacy and Spain law permit to conduct such
programs abroad and receive citizenship certificate. In good Spanish clinics,
such as Bernabeu Institute, Dexeus and "IVF Spain" clinics, Marquez
Institute conduct egg donation and achieve rather good results.
Many European patients who have faced with infertility
problem prefer to look for reproductive clinics abroad through agencies -
intermediaries in their countries. So, for example, Spanish agency “Subrogalia”
offers patients countries where donation and surrogacy is permitted. As a
result, patient pays more but gets a competent and qualified help he need.
Recent news concerning France and conditions presented
by the European Court of Human Rights will smooth the way for revise world’s attitude
towards surrogacy and simplifying conditions for citizens who need such
programs.
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