{"id":296091,"date":"2024-02-08T11:36:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=296091"},"modified":"2024-02-08T11:36:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:36:36","slug":"law-that-regulates-solidarity-pregnancy-in-cuba-prevents-exploitation-says-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/law-that-regulates-solidarity-pregnancy-in-cuba-prevents-exploitation-says-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Law that regulates \u201csolidarity\u201d pregnancy in Cuba prevents exploitation, says expert"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>Family Code<\/b><\/a>, approved in Cuba a little over a year ago and which allows surrogacy or \u201csolidarity\u201d pregnancy \u2015 as it is called on the island \u2015 \u201cdefends people in vulnerable or disadvantaged situations,\u201d a Cuban expert considered this Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The regulation guarantees \u201cthat there is no exploitation\u201d of women, in the opinion of jurist Leonardo P\u00e9rez Gallardo, who was one of the drafters of this law.<\/span><\/p>\n

The expert defended in Madrid that \u201cit is better to control than prohibit\u201d the so-called \u201crental wombs\u201d \u2015 or loans in the Cuban case since it is assumed that there is no economic remuneration, EFE news agency reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs the law is written,\u201d P\u00e9rez Gallardo estimated, \u201cit is almost impossible for a situation of exploitation of the surrogate mother to occur,\u201d because \u201call kinds of guarantees are given at a legal and health level.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTo begin with, the surrogate does not provide her egg,\u201d he clarified, \u201cand, in addition, it is necessary to prove to the judge that there is a relationship of kinship or friendship with the baby\u2019s parents and that there is no payment for the service.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In his lecture titled \u201cThe Family Code in Cuba after a year in force\u201d, the doctor in Legal Sciences from the University of Havana defended the \u201cpioneer\u201d nature of this legislative text that allows adoption by homosexual couples, address gender violence, and recognize rights that benefit children, the elderly and disabled people.<\/span><\/p>\n

The aforementioned law is \u201ca utopia\u201d that the expert hopes \u201cwill become a reality\u201d as its application spreads, since, as he acknowledged, \u201cthere are still many judges, notaries and consuls who do not base their decisions on the new code.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In his opinion, \u201csome legal operators still do not have sufficient training or do not know enough about the new law,\u201d so \u201cthey continue to be governed by the previous law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe change in mentality is not achieved overnight,\u201d he concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n

Surrogacy or \u201csolidarity\u201d pregnancy was recognized as one of the great novelties of the new Family Code approved on the island, which also assured homosexual couples the right to adoption.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this type of pregnancy, a woman conceives a child for another person or couple, without receiving money in exchange, according to Cuban law.<\/span><\/p>\n

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