Impact of maternal surrogacy in the criminal field in the Mexican legal system

Abstract

We live in a globalized world where technology and scientific advances are recognized as human rights, some of which have an unusual impact on the criminal field, such is the case of maternal surrogacy, a modern figure of family law. The purpose of this work is to analyze this circumstance, for which its particularities, social implications, the lack of specific configuration of some type of criminal offense were examined, aimed at sanctioning those involved in the account contract if it is indispensable. In order to explain it, a qualitative investigation was carried out with a descriptive approach, finding silence in this regard. Concluding with some ideas to carry out an effective punishable sanction for the implicit conduct if necessary, regardless of the nationality of the contracting parties, complexities addressed in this article.