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Lesbian Couples Race to Change Law, Appear on Birth Certificate Current Gibraltar law recognizes only the mother carrying the child as a parent. February 02 2021 1:59 PM EST Gibraltar Chronicle they are hopeful the proposed Surrogacy Bill, which will make the necessary changes to existing law, will be passed in time for the birth of their child. “As a Lesbian married couple, we jointly and lovingly embarked on the IVF process to grow our family,” the couple posted to Facebook. “It is absolutely heartbreaking the thought that our family is not afforded the same legal standing as heterosexual families here in Gibraltar.” ....
In commercial surrogacy, the woman who gives birth to a child for the intending couple is rewarded for it in cash or kind.
According to the Bill, if an individual is found advertising or undertaking surrogacy, exploiting the surrogate mother, selling, importing, purchasing or trading human embryos or gametes for surrogacy, conducting sex selection for surrogacy, or has abandoned, exploited or disowned a surrogate child, he/she can be imprisoned for up to 10 years and fined of up to Rs 10 lakh.
A close relative of the couple A married woman with a child of her own, aged 25-35 (She can be a surrogate mother only once in her lifetime) ....