The birth of little Ana Sandra continues to provoke a debate at the national level. Since last Tuesday the magazine Hello! published the interview conducted exclusively by Ana Obregón, in which she explained that the girl was not her daughter, as was initially thought, all the spotlights are on the presenter.
The revelation had been rumored for several days in all the media and on social networks, and thanks to the interview it could be confirmed. The surrogacy process chosen to conceive the little girl has been one of the great debates these days, a process that in Spain is totally illegal. Now, new information has also come out about the process when one of the parties has died.
Telecinco's morning program, El programa de Ana Rosa, has had the opportunity to contact a clinic that specializes in this type of procedure. During its broadcast on Monday, April 10, the program spoke with Miren Mandiola, director of an assisted reproduction laboratory. During the interview, the doctor stressed that it is something rare in Spain. ''These are exceptional cases. In our 30-year professional career we have been able to have 4 or 5 cases," the director detailed.
In addition, to be able to use post-mortem fertilization in Spain, it is necessary to meet certain requirements. The sperm can only be used if there is a written record of the deceased, an act where he expresses his will. Another important requirement is that only the partner of the deceased can request it. In addition, the sperm can only be used one year after the death of the donor.
Assisted reproduction experts assured the program that it is a process that can only be done with men. In the event that the deceased was the woman, it could not be carried out, since a uterus would be needed, a fundamental part of the pregnancy and that, as we well know, surrogacy is totally prohibited in Spain.
And even if the process had been legal in Spain, Ana Obregón's granddaughter could not have been born here either, since she does not meet the necessary requirements for post-mortem fertilization.
