Surrogate pregnancies are banned in Spain, although children from such pregnancies can be registered.
Spain’s ruling Socialist party said Thursday it will study toughening legislation covering surrogate pregnancies following the revelation that a 68-year-old popular Spanish television celebrity used a surrogate mother in Miami to have a baby.
Actress and presenter Ana Obregón grabbed the attention of the Spanish media and the country’s political parties Wednesday when the socialite magazine ¡Hola! published a front-page photograph of her with a baby in arms, announcing she was the mother of a baby girl born by a surrogate mother.
Surrogate pregnancies are banned in Spain, although children from such pregnancies can be registered.
The news immediately triggered criticism from the leftist coalition government headed by the Socialists.
