A bill banning commercial surrogacy (and restricting who can take part in altruistic surrogacy) has passed through the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament:
LS Passes The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019: Read The Salient Features [Read Bill] BY: AKSHITA SAXENA 6 Aug 2019
"The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019, introduced by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. The bill essentially seeks to regulate surrogacy in India while imposing an absolute prohibition on commercial surrogacy."
Under the terms of the proposed law, a surrogate mother would have to be a married close relative of the intended parents, with at least one child of her own. The intended parents would have to be a childless married couple, Indian citizens married for at least 5 years, with medically certified infertility.
The bill has yet to be passed by the upper house and signed by the president, so at this stage it's not yet the law.
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Here's a news story from the Times of India:
Commercial surrogacy banned in India; government passes tough laws
By - TNN Created: Aug 6, 2019
And from the Hindustan Times, indicating that this bill has some prior history, and so isn't a sure thing to become law:
LS Passes The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019: Read The Salient Features [Read Bill] BY: AKSHITA SAXENA 6 Aug 2019
"The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019, introduced by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. The bill essentially seeks to regulate surrogacy in India while imposing an absolute prohibition on commercial surrogacy."
Under the terms of the proposed law, a surrogate mother would have to be a married close relative of the intended parents, with at least one child of her own. The intended parents would have to be a childless married couple, Indian citizens married for at least 5 years, with medically certified infertility.
The bill has yet to be passed by the upper house and signed by the president, so at this stage it's not yet the law.
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Here's a news story from the Times of India:
Commercial surrogacy banned in India; government passes tough laws
By - TNN Created: Aug 6, 2019
Lok Sabha passes bill that bans commercial surrogacy
"The Bill was passed by Lok Sabha in December, 2018 but lapsed as it could not get nod from Parliament.
"Earlier, the Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on November 21, 2016 and was then referred to a parliamentary standing committee on January 12, 2017."
"The Bill was passed by Lok Sabha in December, 2018 but lapsed as it could not get nod from Parliament.
"Earlier, the Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on November 21, 2016 and was then referred to a parliamentary standing committee on January 12, 2017."
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