All about Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, that makes renting wombs illegal
Eligible couples will then have to turn to close relatives or family friends for altruistic surrogacy - where no money exchanges hands between the commissioning couple and the surrogate mother.
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- Aug 25, 2016,
- Updated Aug 29, 2016 9:22 AM IST
The government on Wednesday nodded to a Bill that proposes a complete ban on commercial surrogacy.
If approved, the law will be applicable throughout India except for Jammu and Kashmir.
Eligible couples will then have to turn to close relatives or family friends for altruistic surrogacy - where no money exchanges hands between the commissioning couple and the surrogate mother.
Here are those who can opt for surrogacy:
1. Legally wedded Indian couples
2. Childless couples who are medically unfit to have children.
The couples who are going for surrogacy will have to produce a certificate proving one of them is unfit to bear a child.
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Here are those who will be barred:
1. Couples already having one child
2. Foreigners
3. Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) card holders
4. Live-in-Partners
5. Single people
6. Homosexuals
7. Widows
The surrogate mother, who should be married and have borne a healthy child, needs to be a close relative of the couple. She should be within the age of 23 to 50 years and her husband should be between the age of 26 to 55 years.
The bill states that the surrogate child will have equal rights like any other biological or adopted child over property.
(With inputs from Mail Today)
The government on Wednesday nodded to a Bill that proposes a complete ban on commercial surrogacy.
If approved, the law will be applicable throughout India except for Jammu and Kashmir.
Eligible couples will then have to turn to close relatives or family friends for altruistic surrogacy - where no money exchanges hands between the commissioning couple and the surrogate mother.
Here are those who can opt for surrogacy:
1. Legally wedded Indian couples
2. Childless couples who are medically unfit to have children.
The couples who are going for surrogacy will have to produce a certificate proving one of them is unfit to bear a child.
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Here are those who will be barred:
1. Couples already having one child
2. Foreigners
3. Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) card holders
4. Live-in-Partners
5. Single people
6. Homosexuals
7. Widows
The surrogate mother, who should be married and have borne a healthy child, needs to be a close relative of the couple. She should be within the age of 23 to 50 years and her husband should be between the age of 26 to 55 years.
The bill states that the surrogate child will have equal rights like any other biological or adopted child over property.
(With inputs from Mail Today)