Commercial Surrogacy

Lok Sabha passes 'historic' bill which bans commercial surrogacy; single parents, same-sex couples not entitled

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016 that prohibits commercial surrogacy and allows close relatives to act as surrogates to needy infertile couples for "altruistic" reasons.

Winter Session of Parliament: Lok Sabha passes landmark surrogacy bill; Rajya Sabha adjourns early amid sloganeering

On the seventh day of Parliament, the Lok Sabha discussed the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016, and passed the landmark legislation. Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha did not get much done after the Congress, Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), and Telegu Desam Party (TDP) caused chaos in the Upper House.

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

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.

Embryos in limbo: Proposed surrogacy bill remains silent on the fate of these nuclear life forms

When the creation of embryos is a technically-enabled process, the fate of every one of them has to be accounted for.

Surrogacy row: Assisted reproduction is changing faster than we can discuss its implications

As the debate around commercial surrogacy rages in India, new technology has raised a whole new set of questions. Like: What if, for instance, artificial or transplanted wombs replace human surrogates?

Why commercial surrogacy only in govt hospitals can end fear of touts

Those opposing commercial surrogacy including the government seem to have an unstated, oblique objection in addition to the ones that have been voiced loud and clear like the legal issues bedevilling surrogacy commissioned by foreigners.

Surrogacy bill: Anupriya Patel's comment on women wanting 'easy money' driven by morality

Undoubtedly, debating the surrogacy bill is complicated. Or so it should be given the nature of the matters raised by the bill.

Ban on commercial surrogacy; unmarried couples, homosexuals, NRIs barred: All you need to know

The bill proposes a complete ban on commercial surrogacy and allows only legally-wedded Indian couples (who have been married for five years) to opt for children through it.

Ban on commercial surrogacy is not a solution, calculated regulation of surrogates is

we also need to realise that these women are adults. It is the duty of the state to ensure that adults like them are empowered enough to take independent decisions and don’t end up abusing their bodies for the lack of education, employment opportunities or social stigma.

Health minister Harsh Vardhan bats for adoption, and against surrogacy

Dr Harsh Vardhan wants to regulate commercial surrogacy in India.