Surrogacy Laws India

06/01/2022

02/12/2021

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/parliament-winter-session-lok-sabha-passes-assisted-reproductive-technology-bill-to-regulate-ivf-clinics-101638384736526.html?utm_source=ht_site_copyURL&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ht_site

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2020, to regulate assisted reproductive technology (ART) services such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF) centres, s***m or egg banks etc that have mushroomed across the country

05/02/2020

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/surrogate-mother-need-not-to-be-close-relative-single-woman-can-avail-surrogacy-parliament-panel-2175446

A parliamentary panel has recommended that not only close relatives but any woman who is "willing" should be allowed to act as a surrogate.

31/01/2020

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/for-surrogacy-law-rs-panel-to-visit-hub-anand-get-feedback/

When Health Minister Harsh Vardhan took up the Bill in Rajya Sabha in Parliament last year, MPs had sought amendments in certain provisions.

24/11/2019

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rajya-sabha-refers-bill-on-surrogacy-ban-to-23-member-panel/articleshow/72176268.cms

India News: Rajya Sabha referred the bill seeking to ban commercial surrogacy to a 23-member select committee of Rajya Sabha. The bill which aims to ban commercia

20/11/2019

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/rs-members-seek-amendments-in-surrogacy-bill-2019-11574259441224.html

The surrogacy bill only allows a close relative to act as a surrogate to couples who are legally married for at least five years.The ‘close relative’ provision will effectively end the practice of surrogacy, says Jairam Ramesh of the Congress

20/11/2019

https://www.news18.com/news/india/five-years-of-marriage-close-relative-as-surrogate-rs-members-demand-relaxation-of-conditions-in-surrogacy-bill-2393217.html

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2019, which seeks to ban commercial surrogacy, was passed by the Lok Sabha in the Monsoon Session and was moved for consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha by Health Minister Harsh Vardhan earlier in the day.

10/10/2019

https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/in-perspective/is-surrogacy-law-socially-beneficial-762621.html

Restriction of surrogacy to being altruistic could disturb marital harmony and distort the social fabric

14/08/2019

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/surrogacy-regulation-bill-laws-in-india-commercial-surrogacy-5890510/

Bill to promote altruistic surrogacy gives short shrift to women’s agency.

20/07/2019

https://theprint.in/talk-point/commercial-surrogacy-prone-to-misuse-or-should-be-allowed-with-regulations/263710/

The Narendra Modi government Monday reintroduced the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha.

18/07/2019

https://www.prsindia.org/billtrack/surrogacy-regulation-bill-2019

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 was introduced by the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan in Lok Sabha on July 15, 2019. The Bill defines surrogacy as a practice where a woman gives birth to a child for an intending couple with the intention to hand over the child after th...