GUARDIAN
A Nigerian lawyer, Sunny Ekwuwusi has warned that surrogacy is a crime under Nigerian law.
Speaking on Arise TV morning show, the lawyer disclosed that putting the sperm and the egg of a woman into another woman’s womb is called “Womb Renting”.
The human rights lawyer emphasized that according to the law, it is a violation of the identity of a woman.
Supporting his claim, he quoted section 30 of the Child Act right, which says anyone involved in child buying, child selling, or child exchange, is against the law.
The lawyer believes this ultimately will lead to child trafficking, in its eventuality, and if proper care is not taken, it usually ends in what we now call “Baby factory”.
A study by The Lancet global health reveals about 40 million women between the ages of 15-49, suffer health challenges stemming from a range of birth issues, of which surrogacy is one of them.
According to UNICEF, Nigeria contributes 10% of deaths arising from childbirth in the world.
Although, he stated that there is no specific law that punished IVF in Nigeria, but condemns the act, as it falls under the same category with surrogacy.
“IVF also has to do with trafficking embryo, eggs and all that, it is okay that the social problem is solved that people want babies,” Ekwuwusi said.
“But when you look at the exploitative nature of it, especially the woman involved, it is terrible.”
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