In Spain it was not possible, it is not legal, so Ana Obregón went to Miami to buy a girl. He could afford it, like an expensive bag, and he took it with him, after calling the magazine ¡Hola! She has a new child but has not been a mother.
With no options due to her age (68 years) to resort here to adoption or assisted reproduction, she has hired another woman, a stranger, thousands of kilometers away to give her a baby on the menu; a womb for hire; a surrogate pregnancy – according to the euphemism preferred by those who use it -; a human incubator in exchange for money or a certain willingness to help the other, in the best and least credible of cases.
There is nothing more terrible than losing a child. Obregón was left without Álex, the apple of his eyes. One of the worst blows that life gives. His pain is understandable; now, not the way he managed it: I lose a son…, so I buy another one. The very idea disgusts even those who have adored her for being a lady who has always done what she wanted, no matter what the hen house says. This time, Obregón has thrown wood on his own pyre, burning what he still holds as a legend.
Not everything is worth it to have a child. Being a mother (or father) can be a longing, a desire, but never an inalienable right. In other words, not everything that can be bought in a market should be considered a right. The surrogacy debate is fast-tracked: people are trafficked and lots of babies are trafficked. Yes, there is an ethical border, this one. And no, it is not worth arguing that if women own their bodies, they are also renting their reproductive capacity. I don’t know where they see freedom if a woman appears to be a creature enslaved by necessity.
Even in the face of all these reasons to be against it, another reason, crucial, is age. Do the calculations yourself and then think how much is reasonable in wanting to be a mother at 68, how much selfishness and how much lack of protection for the minor. When the girl is 16, Obregón will be 84. Not even Anita la Fantàstica’s proven desire to embellish and increase a reality, her own, will be able to change the fact that motherhood has a limit on the calendar .
