The “ Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 ” has surfaced in public domain and was reported to have been tabled in the Indian Parliament...

A proactive, well drafted surrogacy law requires to be urgently put in place forthwith without any delay.

The child born to the womb of a surrogate mother may not qualify her to the benefit of a birth certificate.

THE CONTRADICTION Whilst the “ban virus” plagues free speech, viewing habits, dietary preferences and even the right of free thought all...

Despite the legal, moral and social complexities that shroud surrogacy, there is nothing stopping people from exploring the possibility...

ISSUE AT STAKE   Recent meetings of Departments and Ministries of the Government of India on 6 and 7 March, 2014 to discuss and review...

Surrogates will be impregnated in India and shifted to permissible jurisdictions with lax laws. The ends will defeat the means.

Dictatorship in surrogacy is not possible by intolerance. It is undemocratic. We cannot be a law unto making by usurping power to ourselves.

An executive decision cannot arbitrarily stamp out a determination process of the rights of parties. It is undemocratic.

The Parliamentary Committee recommendations taking due note have done very well. The suggestions must find favour.

An unjust proposed law cannot arbitrarily stamp out a determination process of the rights of parties. It is undemocratic and intolerant.

Bollywood film star Sunny Leone and her husband Daniel Weber, both foreign nationals stated to be living in India, had publically...

BURGEONING SURROGACY INDUSTRY IS PROPELLED BY ABSENCE OF A COHESIVE LEGISLATION AND MUSHROOMING IVF & ART CLINICS WANTONLY ADVERTISING...

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...