In 1998, Clint Hallam, a New Zealander who had amputated his own hand with a chainsaw, became the first man in the world to receive a hand transplant, at a hospital in Lyon, France. The limb belonged to a young motorcyclist who had died in a traffic accident. The operation was an unprecedented medical success, but a tragic human failure. Three years later, after repeated requests, his transplanted hand was removed at a clinic in London. It bothered him; he felt mentally disconnected from it.

One of the images of the pandemic that will remain etched in my memory forever was that of a hotel room in Kiev with dozens of babies lined up like products in a supermarket. It was a veritable stockpile of babies that couldn't be delivered due to the lockdown resulting from the so-called "unintelligible" situation. surrogacy, a euphemism so aseptic, so technical, that it doesn't trouble our consciences. Spanish law prohibits this practice because it is ethically contrary to human dignity, due to the commodification of life and the instrumentalization of women, almost always poor, to satisfy the desires of rich men and women.