Surrogacy is forbidden in China., but the domestic surrogacy agencies have been endless, just in the middle of March this year, because a woman reported her own father, through the way of surrogacy, want a son, and thus once again exposed the domestic underground surrogacy agencies. Although there has been a crackdown, but the surrogacy agencies never seem to stop, it is understood that 2023Domestic surrogacy prices generally range from $600,000 to $700,000The exact price also depends on the health condition and requirements of the surrogate couple.

Like surrogate couples.Whether you need an egg donor, whether you need to choose a gender and do a triple test tube, In short, although there has been a crackdown on surrogacy in China, surrogacy agencies have been active because the demand has always been there. Today, we will talk about the current status of surrogacy in China, the legal regulations, etc..

Why was surrogacy created?

Mostly because of physical reasons, such as uterine disease, congenital heart disease and so on various reasons, their own body can not naturally pregnancy, childbirth. There are also some special groups, such as gay men, single men who want to have a child, the mother ah can only realize the dream of carrying a baby through surrogacy.

What is surrogacy? Definition of surrogacy:

Surrogacy can be technically categorized asArtificial insemination and in vitro fertilizationTwo kinds:

Artificial insemination, which is a form of artificial insemination of the surrogate couple's husband's sperm and the surrogate mother's eggs, is used to achieve pregnancy;

In vitro fertilization, on the other hand, takes the sperm and eggs of a surrogate couple and grows them into embryos through in vitro techniques before transferring them to the surrogate mother, and children born this way are not related to the surrogate mother in any way.

Currently, surrogacy is basically achieved by using in vitro techniques, and the more commonly used techniques are the second generation IVF and the third generation IVF, the difference being that theThree generation IVF can detect embryos in advance, a more reliable option for couples with gender needs.

Also, surrogacy is categorized intoCommercial Surrogacy and Altruistic SurrogacyThe domestic surrogacy is currently under the category of commercial surrogacy, which means that out of the 700,000 surrogacy fee, the surrogate mother gets about 200,000-250,000 and the rest goes to the surrogacy agency.

While altruistic surrogacy is not commercial in nature, it is entirely free for surrogate mothers to help with surrogacy, and they may be paid a certain amount of money for medical expenses and fertility preservation during the course of the pregnancy, which is more popular in some countries such as the UK and Canada.

Status of surrogacy in the country

Domestic surrogacy is not legally protected, so even after signing the so-called "contractual success(Commitment to the birth of at least one child within two years, including an unlimited number of embryos, and an unlimited number of embryo transfers until the child is successfully born.) TheWe'll refund you if it doesn't work out."The contract, too, is invalid. Once a dispute arises in the process of surrogacy, then it is difficult to use the weapons of the law to defend their rights and interests. However, according to the webmaster's understanding, the current domestic surrogacy contract, signed in the form of an individual more, if there is a problem, the commissioning party can sue the other party in the name of fraud, to take a step back, many organizations are afraid of being reported, so, generally will not be in the name of surrogacy to cheat money.

The ultimate goal of the surrogacy agency is still mostly to earn profits through successful surrogacy, so the slogan of package success, in the choice of surrogate mothers, basically are required to be about 30 years old, have a history of pregnancy, physical health of women. In terms of technology are looking for the domestic three hospital experts to operate, in the laboratory equipment, a little more reliable organization, are cooperating with the good conditions of the laboratory, and ultimately to ensure the success rate of surrogacy.

Channels for the development of domestic surrogacy agencies

• 1. Small advertisements such as "surrogacy", "egg supply" and "giving birth to a son" are particularly numerous on the door panels of the toilets in maternity hospitals.
• 2, many hospital doctors privately recommended, many organizations will directly find doctors to cooperate, recommend a patient over, the agency will give a certain rebate;
• 3, the major social platforms small ads, the more popular domestic platforms such as Jitterbug, Xiaohongshu, Shutterbug, etc., search down the relevant keywords, you can find the ads of many organizations.

The basic process of surrogacy is usually to go online and find customer service, who then recommends a business manager, followed by a meeting with the business manager. If both parties are sincere, the next step is to meet with the surrogate mother, visit the surrogacy lab, and then finally start the process of initiating the surrogacy.

China Surrogacy Prices

After several rounds of consolidation, the price of domestic surrogacy has also risen, from 600,000 dollars before to 800,000 dollars starting now. After each blow, it is still couples with surrogacy needs who are hurt.

There are three types of domestic surrogacy:

• 1. Sperm and eggs are provided by the demand side, and embryo transfer is carried out after in vitro fertilization, borrowing the womb of the surrogate mother for conception;
• 2. Only the sperm comes from the demand side, and the eggs are provided by the egg donor and conceived by the surrogate mother;
• 3. Only eggs are provided by the demand side, and after in vitro fertilization with a third party's sperm, they are conceived by a surrogate mother.

Some surrogacy agencies also offer a variety of "packages" of services, depending on demand, at clearly marked prices.

What are the risks of domestic surrogacy?

Medical risks of surrogacy

Surrogacy for the medical environment, technology has very high requirements, in foreign formal surrogacy hospital, are strictly required constant temperature, sterile environment for egg collection, transplantation. And some domestic underground surrogacy agencies in order to save costs, choose a bad laboratory, it is easy to exist in a variety of non-standard operation, so both for the surrogate mother or egg volunteers, are great health risks.

Of course, it does not exclude some domestic surrogacy agencies that have the conditions, the laboratory may be more advanced than the hospital laboratory, and the team of doctors is also directly hired by the team of experts in the third level. And although the doctors are involved, they do not know whether it is a surrogate or not.

Risks at the ethical-psychological level

From a social and ethical point of view, a surrogate mother who gives birth to a child is the mother of the child. When a birth certificate is issued, it also depends on whoever gives birth to the baby is the mother of the child.

Surrogate mothers, although they get a good paycheck by giving birth for someone else, may be burdened with moral and ethical pressures for the rest of their lives, and the child may grow up to be torn if they know the truth, whose child am I really?

As far as I know, domestic surrogate mothers will be subjected to certain restrictions during pregnancy, such as movement restrictions and dietary restrictions. And there will be some commissioners who terminate the agreement in the process of surrogacy, at which point if the surrogate mother terminates the pregnancy it will be physically and mentally harmful to herself, while continuing to give birth will face subsequent difficulties.

legal risk

Surrogacy in the country does not touch the criminal law, once things go wrong, the most is to be subject to administrative penalties, "a fine will be fine."

In recent years, legal disputes arising from surrogacy have occurred frequently, including surrogacy contract disputes, custody disputes, and inheritance disputes arising from surrogacy.

Legal provisions on surrogacy in China

Surrogacy is illegal in China and any form of surrogacy is prohibited. According to article 8 of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, civil subjects engaging in civil activities shall not violate the law or go against public order and morals. The act of surrogacy is an act that is contrary to public order and morals as stipulated in this article.

According to the Measures for the Administration of Human Assisted Reproductive Technology, surrogacy is prohibited for relevant medical institutions and technicians, and medical institutions that violate the Measures shall be given a warning and a fine of up to 30,000 yuan by the health administrative department of the people's government of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the central government, and shall be given administrative penalties for the persons responsible, and, if a crime is constituted, shall be held criminally liable in accordance with the law.

It can be seen that the illegal cost of surrogacy agencies is very low, and the State will only penalize medical institutions, while neither the commissioning party with surrogacy needs nor the surrogate mother is penalized in any way, which has led to a lot of people exploiting the loopholes.

Can surrogacy agencies be legalized in China?

For many families in China who are unable to have children, and for groups of people who have lost their children at an advanced age, surrogacy may be the only way to help them become parents. But there is no friendly surrogacy law to control surrogacy in China, so many people would rather find an underground surrogacy agency also want a baby, this status quo is not good for the commissioning party and the surrogate mother, so I personally believe that whether it can be standardized surrogacy industry, to guide the direction of healthy and formal development.

In particular, on the power of surrogacy for infertile families and families with lost children, can we not adopt a broad-brush approach? Because for many families facing the desperate situation of extinction, the relevant laws and regulations and policies should be formulated from a practical point of view, as well as from the point of view of humane care.

From the medical aspect, as long as there is a mature, safe and reliable science and technology of assisted human reproduction, human reproduction, especially through surrogacy, which is a third-party assisted reproduction, may be more conducive to eugenics.

Of course, even if the country still doesn't allow it, consider going to a less costlySurrogacy in KazakhstanIf you are in a better financial position, American surrogacy is also a good destination.