Abstract: Bioethics and biolaw from a religious point of view This paper seeks to explore the role played by religion in bioethics and biolaw and, more specifically, to analyse the extent to which this religious factor influences the rejection of the figure of gestational surrogacy in our country. After analysing the evolution of science, law, ethics and bioethics in Spain, as well as the undeniable role that religion plays in scientific developments, this paper will examine the figure of gestational surrogacy from the Spanish religious point of view. As a result we see how, despite being a secular state, most of the arguments against gestational surrogacy put forward by non-religious actors correlate with the anti-surrogacy pronouncements of the Catholic Church.
KEYWORDS: Bioethics / Biolaw / Religious factor / Gestational surrogacy / Secular state / Aconfessional Laicism / Fundamental rights
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