| no more surrogacy in India |
In India, Childless
couples cannot hire surrogate mothers or ask anyone but close relatives to
carry their babies, the government said today after clearing major changes in
rules for surrogacy.
"There will be a complete ban on commercial surrogacy. couples who are medically unfit to have children can take help from a close relative, which is called altruistic surrogacy," Union Minister Sushma Swaraj told reporters after a cabinet meeting in which the new surrogacy bill was cleared.
Foreigners, overseas Indians, single parents, live-in couples and homosexual
couples will not be allowed to have surrogate babies after the law is passed in
parliament."There will be a complete ban on commercial surrogacy. couples who are medically unfit to have children can take help from a close relative, which is called altruistic surrogacy," Union Minister Sushma Swaraj told reporters after a cabinet meeting in which the new surrogacy bill was cleared.
"Couple
should be married and for at least five years," Ms Swaraj emphasized,
adding that a couple that has children cannot go for a surrogate baby.
The government's move means that no one can follow celebrity examples like Shah Rukh Khan - a father of two who had surrogate babies - or even Tusshar Kapoor, who became a single father recently.
The government has also decided not to allow any more surrogacy clinics.
The government's move means that no one can follow celebrity examples like Shah Rukh Khan - a father of two who had surrogate babies - or even Tusshar Kapoor, who became a single father recently.
The government has also decided not to allow any more surrogacy clinics.
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