The federal sociological survey conducted in March 2017 about the attitude of Russians to surrogacy showed that 73% of respondents do not see sense in the legislative ban of surrogacy in order that married couple who wants to address to this procedure cannot give a birth to a baby because of their health reasons. Opinions were shared, and 27% of the respondents who got to selection categorically consider that surrogacy is morally unacceptably both on commercial and on a voluntary basis.
Participants of poll expressed also the opinion on cases when after surrogacy a biological mother wishes to keep the baby. So, 51% of respondents specified that she has the right for it, and this right cannot challenge even court. However 18% are sure that both with moral, and from legal side the baby has to be transferred to married couple who acted as the initiator of the surrogacy procedure. But and 31% of respondents refrained from the answer to this question and from further comments.
The analysis of sociological poll allows to draw a conclusion that most of Russians will not support the law, so the ban of this procedure can lead to a bigger tragedy – the shadow market of surrogacy.
Besides our volunteers interviewed 17 cities in Russia of 1100 people among those to whom the diagnosis infertility was made and their attitude is positive to commercial surrogacy.
Only 11% among respondents are able to pay for the program of commercial surrogacy;
23% assume that they could save money within the next 5 years on the program of commercial surrogacy;
52% are sure that they will never be able to address to the program of commercial surrogacy because of too high cost;
14% found difficulty in replying;
79% are sure that the state has to compensate fully or partly the expenses on use of the program of commercial surrogacy.