the investigation of the “five babies”, aged from six days to six months, found in Moscow, street Argunovskaya. Metropolitan law enforcement agencies preliminarily believe that they are born to surrogate mothers for Chinese parents. We talked to experts to find out how things are going with surrogate motherhood in Russia and is it possible to talk about “trafficking”.
Recall, the children were found in the Moscow apartment of the employee of children’s clinic. Along with them were a nanny is a citizen of China and a woman who, presumably, is the surrogate mother of one of the babies. It is now known surrogate mothers are three Chinese, one Russian and one citizen of Kazakhstan. Together with the children were found and the paperwork to adopt two babies in the Chinese language. According to other sources, it was the documents on the IVF procedures. Neighbors say that the apartment they saw a lot of Chinese.
the Department of the IC of Russia in Moscow opened a criminal case on human trafficking.
the Kids were already examined by the doctors (they are delivered in three hospitals of Moscow), visible pathologies have not found signs of violence. One child discovered small physiological jaundice and mild conjunctivitis. “You can call them healthy, it is clear that children looked after, they were thrown,” said the chief pediatrician of Moscow Ismail Osman.
“MK” asked to clarify the situation of the honorary member of the Russian Association of human reproduction, Director of the Center for reproduction and genetics, Margarita Anshina
– what is the situation with surrogacy in Russia?
– you Know, like in that joke: with surrogacy we are fine, we have without bad. I have no doubt that after the “discovery” of babies born to surrogate mothers, we would fall again an avalanche of indignation with the requirement to prohibit not only surrogacy, but ECO as a whole.
What could have happened in the incident with five babies?
– As I understand it, children are unable to pick up, and for some time will not be able to do their genetic parents are foreigners, since all the borders are closed. Naturally, they remained in Russia.
as far As I know, these children are provided with adequate care before, and now that they are wards of the state. The situation is the same in all countries. In Ukraine and in Georgia, where it is very common to the services of surrogate motherhood, it is now also a big problem: many children are “stuck” between the two countries. When the borders are opened, I believe, the situation will be resolved.
It’s not selling children. There is nothing criminal. We must understand that the surrogate program is only for those women who have medical contraindications for wines��tion of pregnancy and childbirth. For them, as for their husbands, this is the only opportunity to have children. The law in our country surrogacy is allowed only by far the medpokazaniyam, for example, if the woman has no uterus or a congenital abnormality of the uterus, and she can’t bear a child. Or she has a serious disease: heart disease, diabetes, cancer, etc., in which pregnancy is contraindicated. In such cases, the surrogate mother is irreplaceable.
– Why there are surrogate mothers and biological parents were Chinese?
In China, surrogacy is generally not regulated. The surrogate mother who gave birth in China of the child must register the child itself, i.e., the mother would be considered it. This, of course, very few people satisfied, so the Chinese are looking for a solution to your problem in other countries. Back in China, my parents (real parents, genetic) drive has a child registered in their name, so any questions to them do not arise.
But the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on human trafficking…
– to Put an equal sign between surrogacy and child trafficking – illiterate and dangerous because they stimulate “concerned” lawyers again and again to raise the issue of banning SM and ECO. Once again: surrogacy – it is essential and irreplaceable service in the high-tech method of fertility treatment.
– And the fact that the children were found in an apartment?
Here I also do not see anything criminal. If the state allows children to write them, why keep them in the hospital? There is no regulation for this reason. Cherish them, as in a normal pregnancy, they give birth, as in the case of normal delivery and discharged home, if the state allows.
Let’s recall, what is surrogacy.
– the woman who can’t bear or have a child, get the eggs, fertilize them with sperm, the resulting embryo is transferred into the uterus of a surrogate mother who carries this child, and after birth passes it to the genetic parents. In surrogate programs in our country can participate and the Russians, the Ukrainians, and people from Central Asia. It is absolutely not forbidden. The rules are the same for Russian citizens and foreigners.
Lawyer Stalin Gurevich adds:
– you Need to understand, as there was documents. Under Russian law must be a failure surmateri after childbirth. And then, you may arrange for the child’s documents: birth certificate, citizenship, etc. Because the surrogate can change her mind and keep the child herself, it is her right. Then in the certificate fit surrogate and GE��energy father, and then go to the courts about the recognition of paternity and so on.
In this story, apparently, the Treaty surname were written statements of consent to transfer the child. Perhaps, in this case, law enforcement overreacted, arousing at once a case of trafficking, then they will have to figure out if this is actually the case.
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the Further fate of the “foundlings” will determine the guardianship. As expected, children placed in children’s homes, and there they will wait for the arrival of their genetic parents from China.
