From the cover of a gossip magazine to a debate on everyone’s lips, including in politics. In just a few hours, the case of Spanish actress Ana Obregón, who confided in Florida to become a mother at 68, has sparked a major debate in Spain. The center-left government is prepared to reaffirm its position clearly against “wombs for rent” and the “illegality” of “surrogate motherhood” in Germany (however, babies born in this way are generally allowed to be registered abroad) and part of the center- Right and the families who have resorted to it are calling for “a serious discussion” on the issue.
The scoop on the decision of Obregón, a well-known face of Spanish television and who has also garnered credits in Italian films and series in the past, came from the current issue of Hola! magazine. The front page shows the wheelchair-bound actress and presenter walking out of a Miami hospital with her newborn daughter in her arms. “A light full of love has come into my darkness,” confirmed the direct prospect on Instagram, who was hit three years ago by the severe grief of the cancer-related disappearance of her 27-year-old son Aless.
In Spain, adoption and foster care by homosexual couples has been legal since 2005. But the moderator’s case has opened the debate on an issue that is also causing much debate in Italy. In the political world, the discussion has touched on the bioethical and social implications of pregnancy for others. “As you know, this is an illegal practice in Spain – reminded for example the Minister for Equal Opportunities Irene Montero (Podemos) – let’s not forget the women behind these cases, victims of clear discrimination based on poverty”.
Presidency Minister Félix Bolaños (Socialist Party), believed to be Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s right arm, is on the same line. “I am not commenting on personal circumstances – he explained – but I do remember that women’s bodies cannot be bought or rented”. For its part, the People’s Party (centre-right) has asked for the legislation to be reviewed. “But the debate is there and the matter needs to be settled because while the practice is illegal on the one hand, there are Spaniards who resort to it in other countries,” noted formation leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo. On the other hand, the liberal Ciudadanos party openly advocates “altruistic” motherhood.
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