Letter to the editor – Where is my mom?
You know who the mother is, because that is the woman who gives birth to the child. That was once. The ban on reproductive medical procedures in the partnership law was recently abolished by the state parliament in Liechtenstein with a narrow majority.
In order to have a child through surrogacy, egg and sperm cells can be purchased from an agency. In a laboratory, through technical action, for a fee, outside the uterus, embryos are produced from egg and sperm cells. For the production of embryos, two men can also deliver the semen and have it mixed. Thus, neither of the two men knows who the father of the child will be. Surrogacy agencies offer surrogates in different price ranges. Various companies also offer all-inclusive packages. The embryos created in the laboratory are placed in the uterus against payment of the selected surrogate mother. Embryos can also be frozen for later use from stock. The surrogate mother is not the biological mother, she WILL be implanted with a foreign embryo after hormone treatment. Only her stomach is bought for nine months. The desired baby can/should be picked up by the paying parents after the birth. As the species grows older, it realizes that there must be a mom. Where is my mom who anonymously sold her egg cell, from which I was born, to an agency for money? Is there an agency that may not have existed for a long time? According to the legislation in many countries, egg donation is completely anonymous. Getting to know the donor is not possible. The possibility of a referendum against the state parliament’s decision to abolish the ban on reproductive medical procedures in the partnership law was tricked. It is still possible to take an initiative against this decision. In Switzerland, embryo donations and all types of surrogacy are not permitted (Federal Constitution Art. 119, Para. d).
Herbert Elkuch,
DpL member of parliament