Surrogacy

Wombs for rent: Indian surrogate mothers tell their tales

Agence France-Presse | Monday February 25, 2013

As baby Lili celebrates her first birthday in Australia, far away in India her surrogate mother recalls the day the child was born -- and on whom she never laid eyes.

India bars foreign gay couples, singles from surrogacy

Agence France-Presse | Friday January 18, 2013

India has issued new rules barring foreign gay couples and single people from using surrogate mothers to become parents, drawing sharp criticism from gay rights advocates and fertility clinics.

More Australians coming to India for surrogacy: Report

Press Trust of India | Monday October 29, 2012

Rising number of Australians are turning to India for surrogacy arrangements to fulfill their parenting dreams, according to a new study.

US grandmother gives birth to her own grandchild

Associated Press | Friday September 7, 2012

Emily and Mike Jordan couldn't help but feel anxious. More than two years before, at age 29, Emily had been diagnosed with cervical cancer. But just before she was to undergo a radical hysterectomy, she was told that she was pregnant.

Britons pay Indians to become surrogate mothers: Report

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday May 28, 2012

India's surrogacy industry is being used by Britons to become parents, a media report said on Sunday. There are now up to 1,000 clinics, all unregulated, in the country, many specialising in helping Britons become parents.

Kerala couple's surrogacy battle to get grandchild from dead son

NDTV Correspondent | Sunday March 4, 2012

In a step towards realizing an elderly couple's dream to beget a grandchild, a Lok Adalat in Kochi on February 29 allowed them to collect the semen of their 27-year-old son who had died last year.

Aamir and Kiran's baby named Azad Rao Khan

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday December 10, 2011

Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, new parents to a boy born on December 1, named him Azad Rao Khan.

A boy for Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao

NDTVMovies.com | Monday December 5, 2011

Actor Aamir Khan and wife Kiran Rao have become new parents to a baby boy, born on December 1.

Bangalore isn't a baby factory: Deputy Mayor

Mid-Day.com | Thursday August 11, 2011

Bangalore might be making headlines as its first official surrogate baby is set to join his legal parents in the USA this weekend, but city officials refuse to accept this trend and a war of words has broken out between the medical fraternity and Bru...

French family detained for smuggling 2 infants

Associated Press | Friday March 25, 2011

Ukrainian authorities said on Thursday they had detained several members of a French family who tried to smuggle two two-month-old babies across the border hidden under a mattress in their van.Border guards discovered the twin girls hidden in a chest under a mattress when they inspected the vehicle ...

Surrogacy on rise in Madhya Pradesh: Expert

Press Trust of India | Monday September 13, 2010

Madhya Pradesh is witnessing a rise in surrogacy as childless couples from India and abroad are thronging the state in search of women who are ready to rent their wombs for a price.The trend has consequently led to the increase in the number of women who are willing to become surrogate mothers to fu...

Mumbai IVF clinics create parents, but also problems

NDTV Correspondent | Thursday July 15, 2010

Over the years, India has emerged as a top global destination for surrogacy but there's also been growing international concern about how surrogacy is practised here.Thousands of foreigners head to India each year to initiate a process of surrogacy at one of India's In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) clin...

French gay in Mumbai waits for passports for his twins

Press Trust of India | Thursday June 10, 2010

After an Israeli gay father had trouble getting citizenship for his surrogate twins, now a French gay researcher is stranded in the city with his twins after their birth through surrogacy in a city hospital.

Nurse raped or blackmailing: Court to decide

Press Trust of India | Thursday March 4, 2010

The case has all the ingredients of a Bollywood thriller involving a doctor in the alleged rape of his hospital nurse, blackmail, artificial insemination and surrogacy claims and the Supreme Court stepped in.