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Two years ago, Spanish actress Ana Obreg\u00f3n stunned the world<\/a> when she announced that her newly-adopted baby was created using the sperm of her dead son and born to a surrogate. Now, she is speaking to media about her experience in raising the little girl, who is her biological granddaughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was dead for three years from Aless’ death until Anita was born,” she told Spanish TV<\/a>. “You don’t accept or get over the death of a child. You end up accepting that you’ll never be able to come to terms with their departure. Fortunately, Anita now fills my days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obreg\u00f3n said her granddaughter gives her a reason to live each day. \u201cMy house is now full of stuffed animals and toys. I even have a little ball pool where she makes me dive in,\u201d she said, reflecting on the birth to commemorate her granddaughter’s second birthday. She has stated that without the birth of this little girl, she would not be alive today.<\/p>\n

Though every child is a blessing, it is not the role of a child to make an adult’s life more fulfilling, or to soothe another person’s grief. A child is not an object, but a human being whose rights should be respected. Obreg\u00f3n did not acknowledge that she intentionally deprived the little girl of both of her parents \u2014 her father, who died before her conception, and her biological mother, whom she will never know.<\/p>\n

READ: Britain\u2019s first surrogate is searching for the child she gave up 40 years ago<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2023, after the birth of the baby girl, she told celebrity magazine \u00a1Hola! that she chose to pursue surrogacy the day her only son, Alejandro Alfonso \u201cAless\u201d Lequio, died in 2020:<\/p>\n

The decision to start the surrogate pregnancy process, which implies, as you know, the participation of an egg donor and a surrogate mother, was made the day my child went to heaven. The same day. What people don\u2019t know is that this was Aless\u2019s last will: to bring his son into the world.<\/em><\/p>\n

… It has been very difficult. The pregnancy did not occur on the first attempt, far from it; They have been several times and every time I didn\u2019t go out I was terribly upset and started over. <\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a battle, a long road, but it\u2019s what has kept me alive. It\u2019s just that if it weren\u2019t for this, I wouldn\u2019t be here anymore.<\/em><\/p>\n

Despite claiming her son made an oral request for her to create his children after he died, there was no paperwork indicating he ever wanted this, and it’s impossible to know if he consented to this scenario.<\/p>\n

Multiple studies<\/a> have found that removing a child from a birth parent<\/a>, whether they are biologically related or not, can cause lifelong trauma<\/a>. A baby bonds with his or her birth mother during pregnancy \u2014 hearing her voice, her heartbeat, her movements \u2014 and can even be affected<\/a> by her emotions.<\/p>\n

This little girl was created intentionally, knowing that she would never know her biological parents. This may affect her deeply one day… no matter how much she is wanted, loved, and cared for.<\/p>\n

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