Why were the surrogacy rules modified? | Explained
February 25, 2024 10:14 pm | Updated February 26, 2024 10:48 am IST The story so far: The Union government on February 21 modified the Surrogacy Rules, 2022, to permit married couples to use donor eggs or donor sperm for surrogacy — a move that provided a big relief to those with medical complications. The modification in the surrogacy rules came more than a month after Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati apprised the Supreme Court that the government was considering changes in the amendment to allow married couples to use donor gametes for surrogacy in case they suffered from medical ailments that made it difficult to conceive. The modified rules state — “Single woman undergoing surrogacy must use self-eggs and donor sperms to avail surrogacy procedure.” What did the Supreme Court say? The Centre, on the contrary, argued that the use of donor eggs was exempted since surrogacy cannot be availed of under existing laws unless the child is “genetically related” to the intending couple.
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