Supreme Court Issues Notice On IVF Specialist's Plea Challenging Provisions Of Surrogacy Regulation Act & ART Act
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On IVF Specialist's Plea Challenging Provisions Of Surrogacy Regulation Act & ART Act

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Indian Council of Medical Research in a petition challenging certain provisions of the Assisted Reproductive Technology Act, 2021, the Surrogacy Act, 2021 and related rules. The petition filed by IVF specialist Arun Muthuvel points out a number of issues ranging from contradictory provisions in both the Acts to how the privacy under Article 19 of the "intending couple" is compromised. On the other hand, the Surrogacy Act categorizes women in two categories, first, as part of intending couple being a woman between the age of 23 and 50; and secondly as an "intending woman" defined under sec. Conjointly read, the two pieces of legislation exclude from within its ambit the following categories of people who may be similarly situated as any infertile couple but cannot avail services under either of the two legislations: • Same-sex couples and other members of the LGBTQ community, • Single women who are neither widowed nor divorced, • Single women who are widowed and/or divorced and less than the age of 35 or more than 45, • Single men, Couples suffering from secondary infertility, • Couples where either partner does not fall within the defined age brackets, • Couples where both partners are outside the defined age bracket, • Couples suffering from secondary infertility "….it is submitted that such narrow sex-based classification is also in teeth of decision of this Hon'ble Court in Navtej Singh Johar & Ors.

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Female aged between 23 and 50 eligible for surrogacy, clarifies Kerala High Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Female aged between 23 and 50 eligible for surrogacy, clarifies Kerala High Court

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court has observed that a female who attains the age of 23 would become eligible to have a surrogate child and ineligible on the preceding day of her 50th birthday anniversary as per the provisions of the Surrogacy Act 2021. The court made the observation recently while dismissing a writ petition filed by a 46-year-old wife and …

Supreme Court To Hear Petitions Challenging Upper-Age Limit In Surrogacy Laws On February 11
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court To Hear Petitions Challenging Upper-Age Limit In Surrogacy Laws On February 11

Live Law  

The Supreme Court is set to hear a batch of petitions challenging the Surrogacy Act, 2021 and Surrogacy Rules, 2022 on the specific issue of upper-age limited and cases where the surrogacy process has already commenced for interim relief. Whether the right of a couple to avail surrogacy being restricted to married couples between the age of 23 to 50 …

Supreme Court to examine age limit in India's surrogacy laws
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court to examine age limit in India's surrogacy laws

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine on February 11 issues over the age bar for surrogate mothers and others under the laws. A bench comprising Justices B V Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma, which heard about 15 petitions challenging certain provisions of the Surrogacy Regulation Act and the Assisted Reproductive Technology Act, 2021, asked the Centre to file …

Supreme Court seeks Centre’s reply over bar on surrogacy
11 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court seeks Centre’s reply over bar on surrogacy

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the Centre on a petition challenging the bar under the Surrogacy Act that prevents married couples who already have a child from having a second child through surrogacy. According to National Family Health Survey data, the petitioner pointed out, the trend of primary infertility depicts a gradual decrease over time Issuing …

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Challenging Bar On Surrogacy For Second Child Of Couples Already Having A Healthy Child
11 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Challenging Bar On Surrogacy For Second Child Of Couples Already Having A Healthy Child

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Union government's response on a plea filed to allow an intending couple, having a healthy biological child, to beget a second child through surrogacy if it so wants.The bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and AG Masih passed the order upon hearing a petition under Article 32 of the Constitution, which challenged the constitutional …

Amended surrogacy law doesn’t go the full distance
1 year ago

Amended surrogacy law doesn’t go the full distance

Hindustan Times  

The amendment to the Surrogacy Rules, 2022, now allows donor gametes to be used by couples facing medical issues. While logical, the amendment still does not go far enough because even now at least one donor gamete has to be from the commissioning parents and a single woman still needs her own gametes. Courts have passed interim orders in multiple …

Tweaks fail to fix flaws in surrogacy regulations
1 year, 1 month ago

Tweaks fail to fix flaws in surrogacy regulations

Hindustan Times  

The government has tweaked the Surrogacy Rules to allow married couples to use donor gametes if one of them is unable to provide viable ova or sperm. The Surrogacy Act remains a much-flawed legislation, and incremental corrections mean sections of the population will continue to be deprived of the option. Even in the present instance, widows and women divorcees can’t …

Surrogacy rules changed in India: Who will benefit?
1 year, 1 month ago

Surrogacy rules changed in India: Who will benefit?

Live Mint  

The Centre has now allowed married couples to use an egg or sperm of a donor in case one of the partners is suffering from a medical condition. As per the amended Surrogacy Rules, 2022 the District Medical Board has to certify that either the husband or wife is suffering from a medical condition, necessitating the use of donor gamete. …

Surrogacy in India: Navigating rights, inclusion, and child welfare
1 year, 1 month ago

Surrogacy in India: Navigating rights, inclusion, and child welfare

Hindustan Times  

The recent Supreme Court ruling on an unmarried woman's plea for surrogacy has ignited a firestorm of debate, reigniting vital conversations about parenthood, reproductive rights, and the complexities of navigating societal norms within the legal framework. While the 2020 Act aims to safeguard vulnerable parties, it must ensure equitable access to surrogacy services irrespective of marital status, age, or sexual …

"Reproductive Health Is A Facet Of Personal Liberty": Bombay High Court Allows Two Couples To Use Prohibited Donor Gametes For Surrogacy
1 year, 1 month ago

"Reproductive Health Is A Facet Of Personal Liberty": Bombay High Court Allows Two Couples To Use Prohibited Donor Gametes For Surrogacy

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has allowed two women to undergo surrogacy using 'donor gametes' which is otherwise prohibited under an amendment in 2023 to Surrogacy Rules, 2022. “.we are of the clear opinion that if the protection as prayed for is not granted to the Petitioners it would certainly prejudice their legal rights to achieve parenthood through surrogacy which they …

Centre seeks data from States to assess functioning of Surrogacy Act, 2021
1 year, 2 months ago

Centre seeks data from States to assess functioning of Surrogacy Act, 2021

The Hindu  

The Union Health Ministry has asked all States and UTs about the total number of couples and single and unmarried women who have availed surrogacy successfully since the Surrogacy Act, 2021, came into force to assess the functioning of the law. In a communication sent to the Principal Secretary /Secretary of all States and UTs last month, the Ministry also …

The pope wants surrogacy banned. Here's why one advocate says that's misguided
1 year, 2 months ago

The pope wants surrogacy banned. Here's why one advocate says that's misguided

NPR  

The pope wants surrogacy banned. Here's why one advocate says that's misguided Enlarge this image toggle caption Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty images Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty images Earlier this week, Pope Francis called for a worldwide ban on surrogacy, claiming that the practice, which helps individuals and couples have children, exploits the women who carry them. "I deem deplorable the …

Kerala High Court Relies On Apex Court Verdict To Allow Surrogacy With Donor Eggs, Despite 2023 Surrogacy Regulations Amendment Disallowing It
1 year, 3 months ago

Kerala High Court Relies On Apex Court Verdict To Allow Surrogacy With Donor Eggs, Despite 2023 Surrogacy Regulations Amendment Disallowing It

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Monday passed an interim order allowing petitioners who had approached the Court through three different pleas to undergo surrogacy using donor oocytes since they were unable to produce oocytes naturally due to medical conditions. Justice Devan Ramachandran, permitted the petitioners to undergo surrogacy by using doner eggs relying upon the recent Apex Court decision in …

Supreme Court Reminds Of The Age Limit Factor To Consider Under Surrogacy Act
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Reminds Of The Age Limit Factor To Consider Under Surrogacy Act

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday orally expressed its reservations about the applications filed before it by persons wanting to have a child through surrogacy under the Surrogacy Act, 2021 who are beyond the age limit prescribed under the Act. On a previous occasion, the Supreme Court had also observed that insisting that only the egg and the sperm of an …

Karnataka High Court Allows Thirteen Intending Couples To Undergo Surrogacy Using Donor Gametes Despite New Amendment Disallowing It
1 year, 4 months ago

Karnataka High Court Allows Thirteen Intending Couples To Undergo Surrogacy Using Donor Gametes Despite New Amendment Disallowing It

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has allowed a batch of petitions and permitted thirteen couples to opt for surrogacy using donor gametes. The bench said the new amendment to the Surrogacy Rules which prohibits the use of donor eggs for gestational surrogacy of an intending couple can be diluted on a case to case basis. The amendment substituted paragraph 1 in …

Surrogacy Permissible Only If Altruism And Lack Of Financial Benefits Established: Kerala High Court Orders Police To Question Proposed Mother
1 year, 4 months ago

Surrogacy Permissible Only If Altruism And Lack Of Financial Benefits Established: Kerala High Court Orders Police To Question Proposed Mother

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court yesterday directed the DIG, Thiruvananthapuram to conduct an enquiry and submit a report after interacting with a proposed surrogate mother and her family to ensure altruistic surrogacy. The Court was considering a plea submitted by the petitioners for the issuance of a medical indication certificate from the District Medical Board for undergoing surrogacy as per the …

Supreme Court allows surrogacy, strikes down rule banning use of donor gametes
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court allows surrogacy, strikes down rule banning use of donor gametes

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has protected the right of parenthood of a woman, suffering from a rare medical condition, by staying the operation of a law which threatened to wreck her hopes to become a mother through surrogacy. Mr. Jain referred to Rule 14 of the Surrogacy Rules which listed the medical or congenital conditions owing to which a woman could …

Why exclude single women from opting for surrogacy: Delhi HC
1 year, 5 months ago

Why exclude single women from opting for surrogacy: Delhi HC

The Hindu  

Why cannot single, unmarried women avail of the benefit of surrogacy under the law, the Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre while seeking an explanation for the “discrimination”. A Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula also questioned why only a widow or a divorcee aged between 35 and 45 could avail of the …

Infertile Couples Excluded From Opting For Surrogacy: Plea In Bombay High Court Challenges Notification Barring Use Of Donor Gametes
1 year, 10 months ago

Infertile Couples Excluded From Opting For Surrogacy: Plea In Bombay High Court Challenges Notification Barring Use Of Donor Gametes

Live Law  

A writ petition before Bombay High Court challenges an amendment to the surrogate mother’s consent form under the Surrogacy Rules, 2022, which prevents couples from availing surrogacy using donor gametes. “…the principal reasons any intending couple or single woman tend to opt for surrogacy are infertility by birth or otherwise, various failed attempts through IVF procedures and advanced age due …

Including Live-In & Same-Sex Couples Under Surrogacy Act Might Lead to Misuse: Centre to Supreme Court
1 year, 10 months ago

Including Live-In & Same-Sex Couples Under Surrogacy Act Might Lead to Misuse: Centre to Supreme Court

Live Law  

Inclusion of live-in couples and queer couples within the ambit of the Surrogacy Act would open the scope of ‘misuse’ of such facilities and it would be difficult to ensure the best future for the child born through surrogacy, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. In its 102nd report, the committee was of the view that with respect to …

'Enacted After Following Due Procedure': Centre Opposes Plea Challenging Vires Of Surrogacy Act, ART Act In Delhi High Court
2 years, 4 months ago

'Enacted After Following Due Procedure': Centre Opposes Plea Challenging Vires Of Surrogacy Act, ART Act In Delhi High Court

Live Law  

Centre has opposed a plea challenging the vires of the Assisted Reproductive Technology Act, 2021 and the Surrogacy Act, 2021, arguing that both the Acts have been enacted following due procedure established by law.Seeking dismissal of the plea, Centre through Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has submitted that both the Acts have been enacted to ensure that. Centre has …

Bombay High Court Asks Maharashtra Govt To Look Into Constitution Of State Board & Regulatory Authorities For Surrogacy
2 years, 9 months ago

Bombay High Court Asks Maharashtra Govt To Look Into Constitution Of State Board & Regulatory Authorities For Surrogacy

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra Government to expeditiously look into the constitution of regulatory authorities for surrogacy procedures under the new Assisted Reproductive Technology Act and Surrogacy Act. Mid-way through the petitioner's treatment, in January 2022, the new Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2021 and Surrogacy Act 2021 was notified. Since the hospital was unwilling to transfer …

Going Beyond Surrogacy Act Debate, This Tamil Nadu Minor's Oocytes Ordeal Unravels a Deeper Distress
2 years, 9 months ago

Going Beyond Surrogacy Act Debate, This Tamil Nadu Minor's Oocytes Ordeal Unravels a Deeper Distress

News 18  

The Tamil Nadu Health Department has initiated a probe into fertility centers in Erode district, and private hospitals in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, after the shocking case of a minor girl allegedly raped and forced to sell her oocytes for surrogacy came to light. This case has turned back focus on exploitative surrogacies, against which the Parliament in December 2021 …

The debates around the Surrogacy Act
2 years, 9 months ago

The debates around the Surrogacy Act

The Hindu  

The story so far: Petitioners in the Delhi High Court questioned why marital status, age, or gender were the criteria for being allowed to commission or not commission surrogacy in India. Defining ‘surrogacy’ as a practice where a woman undertakes to give birth to a child for another couple and agrees to hand over the child to them after birth, …

Explained: Surrogacy & Assisted Reproduction in India - laws, offence & problems
2 years, 10 months ago

Explained: Surrogacy & Assisted Reproduction in India - laws, offence & problems

The Hindu  

On May 18, the Bombay High Court sought Mumbai-based Hinduja Hospital’s reply after a couple moved the court seeking to complete a surrogacy procedure, which commenced before Parliament passed the Assisted Reproductive Technologies Act and the Surrogacy Act in December 2021. The Act defines surrogacy as a practice where a woman gives birth to a child for an intending couple …

Delhi HC seeks govt’s stand on plea against surrogacy law provisions
2 years, 10 months ago

Delhi HC seeks govt’s stand on plea against surrogacy law provisions

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Friday sought the Centre’s response on a plea challenging provisions of surrogacy laws on the ground that they exclude single men and married women from opting for surrogacy as a reproductive choice. A bench of acting chief justice Vipin Sanghi and justice Sachin Datta was hearing a plea by Karan Balraj Mehta, a single man, …

"Requires Consideration": Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Vires Of Assisted Reproductive Technology Act & Surrogacy Act
2 years, 10 months ago

"Requires Consideration": Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Vires Of Assisted Reproductive Technology Act & Surrogacy Act

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on a plea challenging the vires of the Assisted Reproductive Technology Act, 2021 and the Surrogacy Act, 2021.The plea states that some of the provisions of the Acts are discriminatory against a single man desirous of being a father through surrogacy and a married woman who already has a child and is …

Health Matters: Dashing Hopes of Parenthood, New Surrogacy Policy Likely to Create Illicit Baby Market
2 years, 10 months ago

Health Matters: Dashing Hopes of Parenthood, New Surrogacy Policy Likely to Create Illicit Baby Market

News 18  

Surrogacy was back in the news after celebrity Priyanka Chopra announced the birth of her daughter via a surrogate mother. “There were several OCI couples who were promised the same rights as Indian citizens, however, with this blanket ban, the widespread Indian diaspora has been left in the lurch,” Gaurav Wankhede, CEO of Become Parents Global Surrogacy, an agency that …

Critical Analysis Of Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2021 And Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill 2021
3 years ago

Critical Analysis Of Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2021 And Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill 2021

Live Law  

The scope of this article is to analyze the effects of the recently passed Surrogacy Regulation Bill 2021 and Assisted Reproduction Technology Bill 2021. Ban on Surrogacy a)Judicial View The Supreme Court's decision in Indian Hotels and Restaurants Association and Others v State of Maharashtra in the context of bar dancers in Maharashtra would be suitable to evaluate on the …

No, surrogacy is not exploitative
3 years, 2 months ago

No, surrogacy is not exploitative

Live Mint  

“Motherhood is a state of being which has, from time immemorial, been defined by a set of cliched, internalized words that are as powerful as they are evocative. In our minds, the creation, sustenance and nurturing of life hinges on the blending of these words into synonymity.” I wrote these words in in the preface to my 2014 book Baby …

The Surrogacy Bill and how it proposes to regulate the surrogacy market in India
3 years, 3 months ago

The Surrogacy Bill and how it proposes to regulate the surrogacy market in India

India Today  

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday gave the green light for passage of two important bills for the regulation of the practice of surrogacy and other reproductive technologies in India --the Surrogacy Bill, 2019 and the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill, 2020. Though similar legislations, the Surrogacy Bill has been passed as a separate legislation primarily for protection of the rights of …

Mansukh Mandaviya to introduce Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020 in Rajya Sabha: All you need to know about the legislation
3 years, 3 months ago

Mansukh Mandaviya to introduce Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020 in Rajya Sabha: All you need to know about the legislation

Firstpost  

The Bill completely prohibits commercial surrogacy and only allows altruistic surrogacy for Indian married couples Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya is scheduled to move ‘The Surrogacy Bill 2020’ in Rajya Sabha today. The Surrogacy Bill 2020 The Bill was first introduced by the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan in Lok Sabha on …

The new surrogacy bill protects the interests of all
5 years, 1 month ago

The new surrogacy bill protects the interests of all

Hindustan Times  

Research done by the World Health Organization estimated that in 2010, 48.5 million couples worldwide were unable to have a child of their own. Clinics in India have been offering assisted reproductive technology services such as gamete donation, intrauterine insemination, in vitro fertilisation, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and gestational surrogacy. A child born through gestational surrogacy has no …

Points of contention in surrogacy bill
5 years, 3 months ago

Points of contention in surrogacy bill

Hindustan Times  

The bill to ban commercial surrogacy has several loose ends and the 23-member Rajya Sabha select committee to which it has been referred for further scrutiny will discuss and try to rectify the shortcomings to avoid legal complications that are likely to arise if it is notified in its present form, experts say. The Surrogacy Bill, 2019, seeks to allow …

LS Passes The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019: Read The Salient Features [Read Bill]
5 years, 7 months ago

LS Passes The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019: Read The Salient Features [Read Bill]

Live Law  

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Surrogacy Bill, 2019, introduced by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. The Bill allows altruistic surrogacy, a selfless arrangement where only medical expenses and insurance cover are provided to the surrogate mother,. The Bill allows altruistic surrogacy, a selfless arrangement where only medical expenses and insurance cover are provided to the surrogate mother, and …

Parliament updates: J&K Reorganisation Bill 2019 passed 125-61 in Rajya Sabha; Upper house adjourned till 11 am tomorrow
5 years, 7 months ago

Parliament updates: J&K Reorganisation Bill 2019 passed 125-61 in Rajya Sabha; Upper house adjourned till 11 am tomorrow

Firstpost  

5:24 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Lok Sabha takes up Surrogacy bill Stating that in the recent years India has unfortunately emerged as the hub for surrogacy, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday said the bill which seeks to ban commercial surrogacy was “the need of the hour”. Moving the Surrogacy Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha for consideration and passage, …

Surrogacy Regulation Bill, 2019: All you need to know
5 years, 8 months ago

Surrogacy Regulation Bill, 2019: All you need to know

India TV News  

The Surrogacy Bill, 2019 that aims to prohibit commercial surrogacy in India will be passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday. Traditional surrogacy is done via Artificial Insemination, with the surrogate using her own egg and another man's sperm. Gestational surrogacy is done via IVF, where fertilised eggs from another woman are implanted into the surrogate's uterus. ABOUT THE BILL …

Govt introduces bill in Lok Sabha to ban commercial surrogacy, includes provision for relatives to act as 'altruistic' surrogates to Indian couples
5 years, 8 months ago

Govt introduces bill in Lok Sabha to ban commercial surrogacy, includes provision for relatives to act as 'altruistic' surrogates to Indian couples

Firstpost  

The government introduced the Surrogacy Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha that also provides for constitution of surrogacy boards at national and state levels. New Delhi: Commercial surrogacy will soon be banned and only close relatives will be permitted to act as surrogates to infertile couples for “ethical altruistic” reasons. On Monday, the government introduced the Surrogacy Bill, 2019 in …

Where is the love: 62 per cent Indians say same-sex marriages not accepted, finds Mood of the Nation poll
6 years, 1 month ago

Where is the love: 62 per cent Indians say same-sex marriages not accepted, finds Mood of the Nation poll

India Today  

Legislation and concomitant regulation are rushed in for newer forms of social relationships like same-sex marriages which, according to the MOTN, finds acceptance only of one in four persons in Indian society. But another regulating surrogacy states that it can only be undertaken by a close family relative, as an altruistic activity, a labour of love, which she must undertake …

What is altruistic surrogacy?
6 years, 3 months ago

What is altruistic surrogacy?

The Hindu  

What is an altruistic surrogacy arrangement? According to the new Surrogacy Bill, approved by the Lok Sabha last week, it includes contracting a ‘close relative’ as a surrogate by a heterosexual married couple who have been childless for five years of their marriage. But unlike the Surrogacy Bill, the THOA identifies ‘near relatives’ as ‘spouse, son, daughter, father, mother, brother …

Lok Sabha Passes Surrogacy Regulation Bill To Prohibit Commercial Surrogacy
6 years, 3 months ago

Lok Sabha Passes Surrogacy Regulation Bill To Prohibit Commercial Surrogacy

Live Law  

The Lok Sabha yesterday passed the Surrogacy, which was introduced in 2016. Prohibition of commercial surrogacy :The Bill seeks to completely ban commercial surrogacy.The Law Commission of India, in its 228th Report, had recommended prohibition of commercial surrogacy by enacting a. The statement of objects and reasons of the Bill says "Due to lack of legislation to regulate surrogacy, the …

Lok Sabha Passes Surrogacy Regulation Bill To Prohibit Commercial Surrogacy
6 years, 3 months ago

Lok Sabha Passes Surrogacy Regulation Bill To Prohibit Commercial Surrogacy

Live Law  

The Lok Sabha yesterday passed the Surrogacy, which was introduced in 2016. Prohibition of commercial surrogacy :The Bill seeks to completely ban commercial surrogacy.The Law Commission of India, in its 228th Report, had recommended prohibition of commercial surrogacy by enacting a. The statement of objects and reasons of the Bill says "Due to lack of legislation to regulate surrogacy, the …

LS passes Bill banning commercial surrogacy
6 years, 3 months ago

LS passes Bill banning commercial surrogacy

The Hindu  

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a Bill banning commercial surrogacy with penal provisions of jail term of up to 10 years and fine of up to ₹10 lakh. The Bill, which will become law once the Rajya Sabha approves it, allows only close Indian relatives to be surrogate mothers and purely for “altruistic” reasons. ‘Historic legislation’ Union Health Minister …

Lok Sabha passes bill which bans commercial surrogacy
6 years, 3 months ago

Lok Sabha passes bill which bans commercial surrogacy

India Today  

New Delhi, Dec 19 A bill that bars commercial surrogacy and allows only close relatives to act as surrogates to needy infertile couples for "altruistic" reasons was passed by the Lok Sabha Wednesday with Health Minister J P Nadda terming the proposed legislation historic. Nadda said different sections of society, political parties, the Supreme Court and the Law Commission have …

Commercial surrogacy: The jury is still out on its banning
6 years, 11 months ago

Commercial surrogacy: The jury is still out on its banning

The Quint  

New Delhi, April 4 With the Union Cabinet clearing the decks for banning commercial surrogacy, many from the industry call it a regressive and insensitive move while some welcome it, saying a complete ban is better than mere regulation. It prohibits commercial surrogacy in India with the only exception for Indian infertile couples married for five years, provided they bring …

Cabinet gives nod to moving official amendments in 2016 Surrogacy Bill in bid to ban commercialisation of practice
7 years ago

Cabinet gives nod to moving official amendments in 2016 Surrogacy Bill in bid to ban commercialisation of practice

Firstpost  

The Cabinet, on Wednesday, gave its approval for moving official amendments in a bill which aims at banning commercial surrogacy, allowing altruistic surrogacy to needy infertile couples and its effective regulation in the country. New Delhi: The Cabinet, on Wednesday, gave its approval for moving official amendments in a bill which aims at banning commercial surrogacy, allowing altruistic surrogacy to …

Surrogacy Regulation Bill: Parliamentary panel report highlights legislation's draconian, paternalistic nature
7 years, 6 months ago

Surrogacy Regulation Bill: Parliamentary panel report highlights legislation's draconian, paternalistic nature

Firstpost  

In August this year, the Parliamentary Standing Committee submitted its 102nd report on the Surrogacy Regulation Bill, 2016. On the other hand, gestational surrogacy – also referred to as “full surrogacy” – is the case where the egg and sperm are of the commissioning parents and the surrogate mother carries the fertilised egg of the intended parents.Thus, all of the …

Parliamentary Standing Committee Recommends Wide-Ranging Changes To The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 [Read the Report]
7 years, 7 months ago

Parliamentary Standing Committee Recommends Wide-Ranging Changes To The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 [Read the Report]

Live Law  

The Surrogacy Bill, 2016, which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, suffers from serious infirmities, if the 102nd Report on the Bill, presented to the Rajya Sabha, and laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha on August 10, is any indication.The report begins stating that the potential for exploitation of surrogacy is linked …

Parliamentary Standing Committee Recommends Wide-Ranging Changes To The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 [Read the Report]
7 years, 7 months ago

Parliamentary Standing Committee Recommends Wide-Ranging Changes To The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 [Read the Report]

Live Law  

The Surrogacy Bill, 2016, which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, suffers from serious infirmities, if the 102nd Report on the Bill, presented to the Rajya Sabha, and laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha on August 10, is any indication.The report begins stating that the potential for exploitation of surrogacy is linked …

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