Days after proposing the increase of the minimum marriage age for women, the Union government passed the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, just a while ago. Though the bill was prepared in 2019, it took time for the bill to get tabled in the house as it had to go through a few changes in the Rajya Sabha.
As per the new bill, the process of surrogacy will be changed at once as the designated authority will look into the practice. A board would be set up at the national level and the state level too to monitor the process to see if the guidelines are followed or not.
Going by recommendations made by the 228th report of the Law Commission, surrogacy will be permitted only in a restricted manner and the commercialization of the practice will not be entertained from the hereafter. With the bill, only Indian couples are allowed to practice surrogacy.
That too the couple married for more than five years should take the surrogacy practice and not others. The marriage should be registered legally. The main intention behind bringing the amendments is to make sure that the surrogacy practice is practiced ethically.
The newly passed bill also says that Indian couples who have been married and could not get children in a natural manner can go for surrogacy. The infertile couple who wants to use the surrogacy practice should be between 23-50(female) and 26-55(male).
As per the new bill, the process of surrogacy will be changed at once as the designated authority will look into the practice. A board would be set up at the national level and the state level too to monitor the process to see if the guidelines are followed or not.
Going by recommendations made by the 228th report of the Law Commission, surrogacy will be permitted only in a restricted manner and the commercialization of the practice will not be entertained from the hereafter. With the bill, only Indian couples are allowed to practice surrogacy.
That too the couple married for more than five years should take the surrogacy practice and not others. The marriage should be registered legally. The main intention behind bringing the amendments is to make sure that the surrogacy practice is practiced ethically.
The newly passed bill also says that Indian couples who have been married and could not get children in a natural manner can go for surrogacy. The infertile couple who wants to use the surrogacy practice should be between 23-50(female) and 26-55(male).