Affiliation in Spain after an International Surrogacy: reflections on the Shortcomings of the Spanish Filiation System

Abstract

Currently, contemplating the reality of the family is a complicated exercise, as a consequence of the transformation process to which the institution itself has been subjected in recent decades. The convergence of fundamentally socio-economic factors, together with profound cultural and ideological transformations, has resulted in the decline of a family model that we could call traditional, to give way to a series of family structures made up of married couples with biological children, without children, with adopted children, families formed by couples without a marriage bond or by same-sex couples, as well as single-parent families, reconstructed, among others. The use of assisted reproduction techniques has undoubtedly contributed to this evolution.