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Surrogacy needs to be checked and regulated by a proper statutory law. Till then, much needed medical visa regulations will provide relief.

Surrogacy in vogue for over a decade cannot be stamped out of existence by law.

THE PREDICAMENT A surrogate mother in an altruistic arrangement dies before gifting child birth to the natural parents who commissioned...

As per prevalent Government of India policy decision dated November 4 2015, surrogacy services in India for foreign nationals has been...

Glamour promotes surrogacy. British pop star Elton John and his Canadian film-maker partner David Furnish became parents of a baby boy...

Likewise, innocent and unwary foreigners can be trapped for no fault of theirs.

CURRENT POSITION   On November 4, 2015, surrogacy for foreign nationals in India had been banned pursuant to a mandate issued by the...

Bill No.257 of 2016 i.e. “ Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 ” was tabled in the Lok Sabha in November 2016. It proposed a complete ban...

A thriving, flourishing and booming surrogacy industry produced babies in Ukraine with their online advertisements attracting a worldwide...

The Union Cabinet accepting the Government of Ministers recommendation gave its approval for introduction of the “ Surrogacy (Regulation)...

Hence, it is for the Government to make a restrictive and regulatory law and not banish surrogacy.

Hence, it is for the Government to make a restrictive and regulatory law and not banish surrogacy.

The mechanisms in law which can be created in India as is the case in the case of inter country adoptions is the best cited example.

Work places could provide special rooms or play rooms in crèches for children of working mothers.

Be it surrogacy or three parent babies, regulatory law must be put in place to counter balance all rights, duties & responsibilities.

THE PREDICAMENT Phenomenal but true. Natural disasters wreak havoc and make strange bed fellows. Whilst a 7.8 magnitude quake on the...

The United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child enjoins that every child on birth has a right to acquire a nationality, an identity

THE PREDICAMENT A surrogate mother in an altruistic arrangement dies before gifting child birth to the natural parents who commissioned...

The consideration of the overall society as a stakeholder is critical, and this is why an appropriate regulatory law needs to be put.