The EU included this practice within the trafficking law, but Colombia continues to be an option for thousands of national and foreign couples. In Colombia, although regulation has been attempted on two occasions, both bills are archived; They never passed the first debate in the House.

“And everything that is not prohibited is allowed,” laments Lina Morales, from the Legal Network. For María Cristina Hurtado, a feminist lawyer and political scientist, this limbo is a reflection of commercial interests.