A ruling by the Constitutional Court, the highest court in Guatemala, legalizes surrogacy in Guatemala as a private agreement between the parties.

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A Constitutional Court ruling will be read in relation to a surrogacy case. This is a process by which a woman carries a pregnancy that is not entirely hers. There are two modalities: she can provide the egg, or only the womb, with the egg and sperm belonging to third parties. Through in vitro fertilization, the egg is fertilized and implanted in the woman, who carries the pregnancy for the appropriate duration. The child is then handed over to the owners of the egg and sperm.