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08/06/22 20:26 PM IST

Surrogacy Act

In News 
  • Petitioners in the Delhi High Court questioned why marital status, age, or gender were the criteria for being allowed to commission or not commission surrogacy in India. 
Issue 
  • Under the provisions of the Surrogacy Act, a petitioner, who is married, was denied a chance at commissioning surrogacy.
  • As per the Surrogacy Act, a married couple can opt for surrogacy only on medical grounds.
  • The law says the couple should not have a child of their own.
Surrogacy Act 2021 
  • It allows ‘altruistic surrogacy’ — wherein only the medical expenses and insurance coverage is provided by the couple to the surrogate mother during pregnancy.
  • Creates a national board to lay down and implement a code of conduct for people working at IVF clinics.
  • It intends to make genetic testing of the embryo mandatory before implantation for the benefit of the child born through ART.
  • It also seeks to streamline the cryo-preservation processes for sperm, oocytes and embryos.
  • It also proposes to constitute a national registry and registration authority to maintain a central database and assist the national board in its functioning.
Need for Surrogacy 
  • India has emerged as a hub for infertility treatment.
  • This attracted many underprivileged women to rent their wombs in exchange for money. However, unscrupulous middle men started exploiting such women.
  • This called for a proper regulation.
Source- PIB 

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