Surrogacy in India — Government to ban commercial
surrogacy services
The business of surrogacy in India is booming and our
country is quickly becoming a hub for foreigners who can’t have a baby
themselves. But while it is great model and works well to boost our economy,
the Indian government has told the Supreme Court that it will be banning the
practice. In their intimation they told the court that they will not allow
foreigners to have children through surrogates in Indian.
This move comes after the Supreme Court suggested that the
government ban commercial surrogacy, stating that India was becoming the top
destination for surrogacy tourism. The Supreme Court also asked the government
to take a re-look at their policies that allow the import of human embryos.
That being said, surrogacy will still be an option for
Indian couples.
Due to this suggestion the Directorate General of Foreign
Trade has withdrawn the notification it made in 2013, allowing the free import
of human embryos. Along the same lines, the Supreme Court had also asked the government
to clarify if the import of human embryos would amount to commoditization of
human life.
In its suggestions to the government, the Supreme Court
had asked 14 questions, some of which are as follows:
·
Commercial
surrogacy should ideally not be allowed in the country, but it is still a
common practice. the trade of human embryos is also legally allowed which is
becoming a business and has evolved into surrogacy tourism. Shouldn’t this
practice be stopped?
·
They also asked the
government — is the woman who donates her eggs for commercial surrogacy the
mother of the child or are the biological and genetic donors also the mothers
of the child born thus?
·
Does commercial
surrogacy amount to exploitation of the surrogate?
·
And one of the most
thought provoking questions the court asked was what the child would do if the
parents refused to take him/her, due to a disability? Since we do not have any
laws to protect the child once born through a surrogate, this is a loop hole
that could be used.
Source:
www.thehealthsite.com
31.10.2015
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