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Surrogacy Bill

What is Surrogacy Bill

About What is Surrogacy Bill

Surrogacy Bill

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2019 was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 5, 2019. Once the Bill is enacted by Parliament, the central government shall notify the date the commencement of the Act. According to the provisions in the proposed Bill, commercial surrogacy will be prohibited. This includes sale and purchase of human embryos and gametes. Ethical surrogacy for needy couples will be allowed on fulfilment of stipulated conditions.
 
What is surrogacy?
 
Surrogacy is an arrangement wherein a surrogate mother bears and delivers a child for a couple or person. In gestational surrogacy, an embryo, which is fertilised by in vitro
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India outlawed commercial surrogacy - clinics are finding loopholes

The global surrogacy trade, however, has been fraught with scandals

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Updated On : 19 Aug 2019 | 1:49 PM IST
Updated On : 19 Aug 2019 | 1:47 PM IST

Labour pangs for surrogacy law

The central govt has drafted a law to restrict wombs for hire, and there is much to be said on all sides, with criticism that it steps on too many hopes

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Updated On : 19 Aug 2019 | 1:47 PM IST
Updated On : 19 Aug 2019 | 1:47 PM IST

A case for surrogacy

India's image as a 'baby factory' seems to have directed the Indian government's move for the surrogacy Bill

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Updated On : 19 Aug 2019 | 1:47 PM IST

Bill to ban commercial surrogacy introduced in Lok Sabha

Bill entitles only Indian citizens to avail of surrogacy. But foreigners, NRIs and PIOs are not allowed to seek surrogacy

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Updated On : 19 Aug 2019 | 1:47 PM IST

Karan Johar, SRK, Aamir: Celebs who found joy of parenthood via surrogacy

Tusshar Kapoor also became a single parent to a boy

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Updated On : 19 Aug 2019 | 1:47 PM IST

Planning to rent a womb like Karan Johar? Won't be easy due to a new bill

The new Surrogacy Bill bans single men, women and gay couples from opting for surrogacy

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Updated On : 19 Aug 2019 | 1:46 PM IST

Proposed surrogacy law restricts parenthood for singles

As per the bill, the intending couples should be legally married for at least five years

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Updated On : 19 Aug 2019 | 1:46 PM IST

Why surrogacy deserves a global conversation to stop women's exploitation

Surrogacy is reported to bring in US$400m every year to the Indian economy

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Updated On : 19 Aug 2019 | 1:46 PM IST