Commercial Surrogacy

A private hospital on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that all IVF procedures were not surrogacy procedures, and it could not let a couple from the city carry on with the process in light of the new act that prohibits commercial surrogacy.

Cherry Lin wistfully strokes a babygrow, fretting it may be too small for a son she is yet to meet -- one of hundreds of Chinese mothers estranged from babies born to commercial surrogates overseas after the coronavirus forced border closures.

The centre referred a legislation seeking a ban on commercial surrogacy to a 23-member select committee of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, after members suggested modifications to some of its more contentious provisions. "I move the motion that the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill-2019, as passed by the Lok Sabha, be referred to a select committee of the R...

Commercial surrogacy will soon be banned and only close relatives will be permitted to act as surrogates to infertile couples for "ethical altruistic" reasons.

The Cabinet Wednesday approved a bill that bars commercial surrogacy and allows only close relatives to act as surrogates to needy infertile couples for "altruistic" reasons.

The surrogacy bill that was introduced in Lok Sabha in 2016 was passed today amid noisy protests by Congress and AIADMK parliamentarians over other issues. The bill bans commercial surrogacy and only allows it among close relatives. The proposed law allows surrogacy for couples that cannot have children. Health Minister JP Nadda said the aim of the...

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 that ensures effective regulation of surrogacy, prohibits commercial surrogacy and allows altruistic surrogacy to the needy Indian infertile couples was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with a voice vote.

Hyderabad, Telangana: Shrushti is a surrogate mother in Sai Kiran Infertility Clinic in Hyderabad. She is among 50 women whose fate is hanging in balance after the Telangana health authorities raided the facility over the weekend. “Why the raid? Are we criminals? Are we indulging in something illegal? Did we loot or cause harm to anyone? All we d...

Gurugram: Couples and individuals who desire to become parents via surrogacy are making quick calls at surrogacy clinics, especially after the Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar announced that he became a father of twins with the help of surrogacy. Dr Kaberi Banerjee, an IVF specialist said, “A lot of patients have started calling in with queries, m...

Gurugram: For hiring a womb, India has long been a go-to destination for foreigners. Despite being worth billions, the surrogacy industry continues to remain an unregulated sector. In August last year, the Surrogacy Bill, 2016, was introduced by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in Lok Sabha that proposed a ban on commercial surrogacy in I...

Mumbai: Inside a bungalow in a plush residential area of Gurugram, on the outskirts of Delhi, a group of women in different stages of pregnancy share the hope their babies will be delivered safely – or risk losing the chance of big money, forever. Successful pregnancies have never been more important at this surrogacy centre where every bed is ta...

In a move to ban commercial surrogacy, a bill was today introduced in the Lok Sabha which also seeks to protect women from exploitation and ensure the rights of the child born through surrogacy.

A court in Cambodia has charged an Australian woman and two Cambodians with violating the country's new ban on providing commercial surrogacy services.

In a legal spill-over of the ban on commercial surrogacy, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed an American couple to make a representation to the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and Department of Family Welfare to allow them take back to their country eight embryos kept by them in a hospital in Mumbai.

The Bombay High Court today directed that Director General of Foreign Trade and Department of Family Welfare of the Centre be made parties to a petition filed by a US couple who want to take back their eight embryos kept in a city hospital following a recent ban by the Indian government on commercial surrogacy.

A private hospital on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that all IVF procedures were not surrogacy procedures, and it could not let a couple from the city carry on with the process in light of the new act that prohibits commercial surrogacy.

Cherry Lin wistfully strokes a babygrow, fretting it may be too small for a son she is yet to meet -- one of hundreds of Chinese mothers estranged from babies born to commercial surrogates overseas after the coronavirus forced border closures.

The centre referred a legislation seeking a ban on commercial surrogacy to a 23-member select committee of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, after members suggested modifications to some of its more contentious provisions. "I move the motion that the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill-2019, as passed by the Lok Sabha, be referred to a select committee of the R...

Commercial surrogacy will soon be banned and only close relatives will be permitted to act as surrogates to infertile couples for "ethical altruistic" reasons.

The Cabinet Wednesday approved a bill that bars commercial surrogacy and allows only close relatives to act as surrogates to needy infertile couples for "altruistic" reasons.

The surrogacy bill that was introduced in Lok Sabha in 2016 was passed today amid noisy protests by Congress and AIADMK parliamentarians over other issues. The bill bans commercial surrogacy and only allows it among close relatives. The proposed law allows surrogacy for couples that cannot have children. Health Minister JP Nadda said the aim of the...

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 that ensures effective regulation of surrogacy, prohibits commercial surrogacy and allows altruistic surrogacy to the needy Indian infertile couples was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with a voice vote.

Hyderabad, Telangana: Shrushti is a surrogate mother in Sai Kiran Infertility Clinic in Hyderabad. She is among 50 women whose fate is hanging in balance after the Telangana health authorities raided the facility over the weekend. “Why the raid? Are we criminals? Are we indulging in something illegal? Did we loot or cause harm to anyone? All we d...

Gurugram: Couples and individuals who desire to become parents via surrogacy are making quick calls at surrogacy clinics, especially after the Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar announced that he became a father of twins with the help of surrogacy. Dr Kaberi Banerjee, an IVF specialist said, “A lot of patients have started calling in with queries, m...

Gurugram: For hiring a womb, India has long been a go-to destination for foreigners. Despite being worth billions, the surrogacy industry continues to remain an unregulated sector. In August last year, the Surrogacy Bill, 2016, was introduced by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in Lok Sabha that proposed a ban on commercial surrogacy in I...

Mumbai: Inside a bungalow in a plush residential area of Gurugram, on the outskirts of Delhi, a group of women in different stages of pregnancy share the hope their babies will be delivered safely – or risk losing the chance of big money, forever. Successful pregnancies have never been more important at this surrogacy centre where every bed is ta...

In a move to ban commercial surrogacy, a bill was today introduced in the Lok Sabha which also seeks to protect women from exploitation and ensure the rights of the child born through surrogacy.

A court in Cambodia has charged an Australian woman and two Cambodians with violating the country's new ban on providing commercial surrogacy services.

In a legal spill-over of the ban on commercial surrogacy, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed an American couple to make a representation to the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and Department of Family Welfare to allow them take back to their country eight embryos kept by them in a hospital in Mumbai.

The Bombay High Court today directed that Director General of Foreign Trade and Department of Family Welfare of the Centre be made parties to a petition filed by a US couple who want to take back their eight embryos kept in a city hospital following a recent ban by the Indian government on commercial surrogacy.