Deccan Chronicle Service :
By Mohammed Shareef
Running from pillar to post to get clearance to fly home with her seven-week-old baby boy, US national J. Pearllinda Van Buren may finally have something to look forward to.
According to officials, she may soon get an identity certificate for her baby, named Emperor, who was born through surrogacy at a city clinic on December 7. The identity certificate will help Ms Van Buren, 48, fly with her baby to Jamaica, where she is based.
The baby was denied an Indian passport because he is not an Indian national.
What has compounded problems for Ms Van Buren is the fact that her husband, Eric Dalton Green, a Jamaican national and the only person with biological connection to the baby, cannot come to India. Ms Van Buren explained that her husband developed a fear of flying as a child, after his father died in an air crash, and cannot fly out here at any cost.
Now, the RPO has sent the baby’s documents to the ministry of external affairs with a letter explaining the situation and seeking advice on issuing an identity certificate and travel document. As per the Passport Act, a separate application is required for ID certificate for infants.
RPO K. Srikar Reddy said, “We have sent the details to the MEA and are waiting for the ministry’s advice. Ms Van Buren has not submitted (a separate) application for identity certificate for the baby, so we have asked her to submit it.”
According to sources, MEA needed a representation from the boy’s father. Mr Green being abroad would delay the process of issuing the ID certificate, the sources said.
After the couple decided to have a surrogate baby, Ms Van Buren arrived in India with seven samples of her husband’s semen. After trying in Mumbai and Goa, she decided to try for surrogacy in Hyderabad about 18 months ago. The conception was successful with the semen sample at Dr Rama Devi Fertility Clinic.
“I wish things would be cleared soon,” Ms Van Buren said. “I can’t stay here long as my financial situation is worsening.”
Surrogacy bill to be prepared for Icelandic parliament
Iceland (By Icenews service) : The Icelandic parliament has voted to begin the process of making surrogate mothers legal.
Alþingi yesterday passed a resolution calling on the Minister for Welfare to assemble a working group to prepare a parliamentary bill to allow surrogacy for benevolent purposes, i.e. not as a form of business.
The parliamentary resolution was sponsored by Independence Party MP Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir; who told parliament the bill must be written firstly to satisfy the best interests and rights of the unborn children involved, secondly to serve the best interests, independence, rights and welfare of the prospective surrogate mothers and their families, and thirdly to serve the best interests of the prospective families the children would go to.
The resolution was approved with 34 votes in favour, 13 votes against and four abstentions. There are 63 members of Alþingi, but not all are present at every debate.
The discussion around surrogacy in Iceland has been raging for years with a clear majority of opinion poll respondents usually in favour.
Alþingi yesterday passed a resolution calling on the Minister for Welfare to assemble a working group to prepare a parliamentary bill to allow surrogacy for benevolent purposes, i.e. not as a form of business.
The parliamentary resolution was sponsored by Independence Party MP Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir; who told parliament the bill must be written firstly to satisfy the best interests and rights of the unborn children involved, secondly to serve the best interests, independence, rights and welfare of the prospective surrogate mothers and their families, and thirdly to serve the best interests of the prospective families the children would go to.
The resolution was approved with 34 votes in favour, 13 votes against and four abstentions. There are 63 members of Alþingi, but not all are present at every debate.
The discussion around surrogacy in Iceland has been raging for years with a clear majority of opinion poll respondents usually in favour.
China couple with eight babies sparks surrogacy debate
By BBC News China
A debate on surrogacy and equality has arisen in China after it emerged that a wealthy couple in Guangdong are being investigated for having eight babies - five by surrogate mothers.
The couple spent almost one million yuan (US$157,600) on in vitro fertilisation and hiring two surrogate mothers, reports the Guangzhou Daily.
China has a one-child per family policy and surrogacy is illegal.
Those who break the rule face fines and potential jail terms.
The unidentified couple turned to artificial insemination after trying ''in vain for years'' to conceive naturally, according to Chinese media reports.
After successfully fertilising eight eggs, they hired the surrogate mothers. The woman gave birth to three babies herself.
The babies were born between September and October 2010. Authorities only found out about the four boys and four girls this year.
''This is not merely a case of excessive births but one about illegal surrogate pregnancies,'' a spokeswoman for the Guangdong Provincial Family Planning Commission told AFP news agency.
Surrogate 'packages'
The case, which is being investigated by the health department and other officials, has generated waves of comments on the internet.
However, it is not the ''excessive births'' that attracted the most interest. The fiery debate is over issues of illegal surrogacy and social inequality.
Despite a law against surrogacy, it remains a grey area as there are a number of Chinese websites offering surrogacy "services".
Some of them even offer a comprehensive range of packages from "economic" to "luxury", according to its report.
In order to avoid scrutiny, some of these agencies send surrogate mothers to countries such as Thailand or India for artificial insemination, and have them return to China to give birth.
'Unfair births'
It can cost up to one million yuan for a "complete surrogacy package" for a baby boy, a web search by the BBC reveals. Boys are valued over girls in China.
This means that only wealthy couples are able to turn to surrogacy as an alternative means to have children.
The couple in Guangdong hired 11 nannies to help look after their eight babies, Chinese media report.
Chinese internet users have been expressing outrage at the social injustice of what have been termed "unfair births" - whereby rich, childless people break the law and have babies by alternative means.
''Since they are so rich, they should be fined at least 80% of their total assets,'' says one web user.
In recent years, China has seen decreasing fertility rates. This is partly due to the phenomena of couples having children later in life due to career pressures, or the difficulty and rising cost of buying homes.
''For the rich and famous, money can buy anything,'' adds another commentator on the internet. ''Are family planning policies directed only towards the poor people?''
A debate on surrogacy and equality has arisen in China after it emerged that a wealthy couple in Guangdong are being investigated for having eight babies - five by surrogate mothers.
The couple spent almost one million yuan (US$157,600) on in vitro fertilisation and hiring two surrogate mothers, reports the Guangzhou Daily.
China has a one-child per family policy and surrogacy is illegal.
Those who break the rule face fines and potential jail terms.
The unidentified couple turned to artificial insemination after trying ''in vain for years'' to conceive naturally, according to Chinese media reports.
After successfully fertilising eight eggs, they hired the surrogate mothers. The woman gave birth to three babies herself.
The babies were born between September and October 2010. Authorities only found out about the four boys and four girls this year.
''This is not merely a case of excessive births but one about illegal surrogate pregnancies,'' a spokeswoman for the Guangdong Provincial Family Planning Commission told AFP news agency.
Surrogate 'packages'
The case, which is being investigated by the health department and other officials, has generated waves of comments on the internet.
However, it is not the ''excessive births'' that attracted the most interest. The fiery debate is over issues of illegal surrogacy and social inequality.
Despite a law against surrogacy, it remains a grey area as there are a number of Chinese websites offering surrogacy "services".
Some of them even offer a comprehensive range of packages from "economic" to "luxury", according to its report.
In order to avoid scrutiny, some of these agencies send surrogate mothers to countries such as Thailand or India for artificial insemination, and have them return to China to give birth.
'Unfair births'
It can cost up to one million yuan for a "complete surrogacy package" for a baby boy, a web search by the BBC reveals. Boys are valued over girls in China.
This means that only wealthy couples are able to turn to surrogacy as an alternative means to have children.
The couple in Guangdong hired 11 nannies to help look after their eight babies, Chinese media report.
Chinese internet users have been expressing outrage at the social injustice of what have been termed "unfair births" - whereby rich, childless people break the law and have babies by alternative means.
''Since they are so rich, they should be fined at least 80% of their total assets,'' says one web user.
In recent years, China has seen decreasing fertility rates. This is partly due to the phenomena of couples having children later in life due to career pressures, or the difficulty and rising cost of buying homes.
''For the rich and famous, money can buy anything,'' adds another commentator on the internet. ''Are family planning policies directed only towards the poor people?''
महाराष्ट्रात सरोगसीवर कायदा
भाजपचे आमदार विनोद तावडे आणि देवेन्द्र फडणवीस यांनी नुकत्याच झालेल्या २०११च्या हिवाळी अधिवेशनात अनुक्रमे विधान परिषद आणि विधान सभेमध्ये सरोगसीवर (महाराष्ट्र सहाय्यक प्रजनन तंत्रज्ञान (नियमन) अधिनियमन, २०११)अशासकीय विधेयक मांडले. या अशासकीय विधेयकातील महत्त्वाच्या तरतूदी,
सरोगसीचा लाभ घेणाऱ्या दाम्पत्यांसाठी आणि सरोगेट मदर होऊ इच्छिणाऱ्या महिलांसाठी नियमावली:
१. सरोगेट मदर होऊ इच्छित असणारी महिला महाराष्ट्राची नागरिक असावी.
२. महिलेचे वय २५ ते ३५ वयोगटातील असावे.
३. पाचपेक्षा अधिक जीवित मुले असलेल्या महिलेला सरोगेट मदर होता येणार नाही. (स्वत:च्या मुलांसहित)
४. ती महिला विवाहित असावी. सरोगेट मदर होण्यासाठी तिला पतीच्या संमतीसोबत कुटुंबाचीही सहमती असणे गरजेचे आहे.
५. ती महिला मूल आपल्या गर्भाशयात वाढविण्यासाठी सक्षम आहे का? याची वैद्यकीय तपासणी करून घेणे आवश्यक आहे.
६. सरोगेट मदर होऊ इच्छिणाऱ्या महिलेचे समुपदेशन करणे आवश्यक आहे.
७. सरोगेट मदर होऊ इच्छिणाऱ्या महिलेने 'असिस्टेड रिप्रोडक्टीव्ह टेक्नॉलॉजी' (ART) सेंटरमध्ये रीतसर पेशंट म्हणून मूळ नावाने आणि सध्या रहात असलेल्या पत्त्यासह नाव नोंदवणे आवश्यक आवश्यक आहे.
८. बाळाचा जन्म दाखला जेनेटिक पालकांच्या नावानुसारच तयार होणार.
९. एआरटी बँक /एआरटी क्लिनिक महाराष्ट्राव्यतिरिक्त अन्य कोणत्याही राज्याची निवासी असलेल्या स्त्रीला सरोगेट मदर बनण्याची परवानगी देणार नाही किंवा अन्य कोणत्याही राज्यात सरोगेट मदर पाठवणार नाही.
१०. या प्रकियेत लिंगनिदान चाचणी करता येणार नाही; केल्यास तो कायदेशीर गुन्हा ठरेल.
११. गर्भधारणा ते प्रसूतीदरम्यानचा आणि बाळाशी संबंधित सर्व खर्च जेनेटिक पालकांना करावा लागणार.
१२. एकावेळी एकाच महिलेला सरोगेट मदर म्हणून निवडता येऊ शकेल.
१३. एखादे परदेशी जोडपे महाराष्ट्रातून सरोगेट म्द्रची निवड करत असेल तर त्यांना या प्रक्रियेसाठी स्थानिक पालकाची निवड करणे बंधनकारक असेल. जन्माला येणाऱ्या बाळाची जबाबदारी स्थानिक पालकाची असेल.
१४. परदेशातून आलेल्या जोडप्यांकडून आवश्यक कागदपत्रे घेणे. त्या देशांच्या दूतावासाकडून सरोगसीला तेथे मान्यता आहे का? याची खातरजमा करून घेणे आवश्यक असेल.
१५. सरोगेट मदरला जेनेटिक पालकांद्वारे प्रमाणपत्र देण्यात यावे.
१६. सरोगेट मदर आणि जेनेटिक पालक यांच्यात कायदेशीर करारपत्र होईल. या करारपत्राप्रमाणे जेनेटिक पालक सरोगेट मदरला पैसे देतील.
१७. जेनेटिक पालक बलाचा ताबा घेत नसतील तर कायद्याप्रमाणे बाळाची जबाबदारी स्थानिक पालकाची असेल.
एआरटी क्लिनिक बँक आणि समुपदेशक यांना लागू होणारे नियम, पात्रता, मान्यता, कर्तव्ये, गुन्हे, दंड, तक्रारी आदी :
या प्रकरणात एआरटी व क्लिनिक बँकांची नोंदणी व मान्यता, नोंदणी अर्ज, नोंदणी अर्जाची मान्यता, नोंदणी नुतनीकरण, तहकुबी किंवा रद्द करणे, नोंदणी प्राधिकरणाद्वारे जागेची तपासणी, एआरटी क्लिनिकची सर्वसामान्य कर्तव्ये, लेखी व सर्व माहिती जाणून घेऊन दिली गेलेली संमती मिळविण्याचे एआरटीचे कर्तव्ये, अचूक नोंदी ठेवण्याबाबत एआरटी क्लिनिक व जिल्हा नोंदणी प्राधिकरणाची कर्तव्ये, रोपण-पूर्व जनुकीय निदान, लिंग निवड, एआरटी बँकेची कर्तव्ये, जननपेशी मिळवणे, जननपेशी व भ्रूण साठवणे, हाताळणे, जननपेशी, मूलपेशी व भ्रूण यांच्या विक्रीवरील निर्बंध, जन्मपूर्व लिंग व परीक्षणाची जाहिरात करण्यास प्रतिबंध घालणे व नियमाचा भंग केला गेल्यास दंड, गुन्हे व दंड, जन्मपूर्व चिकित्सा तंत्राच्या वापराच्या बाबतीत गृहीतक, ज्या तरतुदींबाबत कोणत्याही विशिष्ट शिक्षेची योजनाकेलेली नाही त्या तरतुदींचा भंग केल्याबद्दल दंड, दखलपात्र गुन्हा, राज्य मंडळाकडे सदर करावयाची याचिका, जिल्हा मंडळांसमोरील कार्यवाही असेल आदी बाबींचा
समावेश करण्यात आला आहे.
जिल्हा मंडळ व नोंदणी प्राधिकरण :
या प्रकरणात जिल्हा मंडळाची स्थापना, सभा, अधिकार व कार्ये यांची माहिती दिली आहे. त्याचबरोबर कार्यालय, सेवाशर्ती, जिल्हा मंडळाचे सदस्य निवडीच्या अटी, कामाची पद्धत, नोंदणी प्राधिकरणाची प्रस्थापना व कार्ये यांचा उल्लेख करण्यात आला आहे.
राज्य सल्लागार मंडळ :
या प्रकरणात राज्य सल्लागार मंडळाची स्थापना, राज्य सल्लागार मंडळाच्या सभा आणि कार्ये याबाबतची उद्दिष्ट्ये दिली आहेत.
रुग्ण, दाट, सरोगेट व मुलांचे अधिकार आणि कर्तव्ये :
या प्रकरणात रुग्णांचे अधिकार, कर्तव्ये, बीजांड-शुक्राणू देणगीदार आणि सरोगसीद्वारे जन्माला आलेले मूल यांच्याशी संबंधित अधिकार आणि नियमावली दिली आहे. तसेच जन्माला येणाऱ्या मुलाची कायदेशीर स्थिती अधिकृतपणे निश्चित करणे आणि त्या मुलाला दाता किंवा सरोगेट मदरबद्दल जाणून घेण्याचा अधिकार देण्यात आला आहे.
सरोगसीचा लाभ घेणाऱ्या दाम्पत्यांसाठी आणि सरोगेट मदर होऊ इच्छिणाऱ्या महिलांसाठी नियमावली:
१. सरोगेट मदर होऊ इच्छित असणारी महिला महाराष्ट्राची नागरिक असावी.
२. महिलेचे वय २५ ते ३५ वयोगटातील असावे.
३. पाचपेक्षा अधिक जीवित मुले असलेल्या महिलेला सरोगेट मदर होता येणार नाही. (स्वत:च्या मुलांसहित)
४. ती महिला विवाहित असावी. सरोगेट मदर होण्यासाठी तिला पतीच्या संमतीसोबत कुटुंबाचीही सहमती असणे गरजेचे आहे.
५. ती महिला मूल आपल्या गर्भाशयात वाढविण्यासाठी सक्षम आहे का? याची वैद्यकीय तपासणी करून घेणे आवश्यक आहे.
६. सरोगेट मदर होऊ इच्छिणाऱ्या महिलेचे समुपदेशन करणे आवश्यक आहे.
७. सरोगेट मदर होऊ इच्छिणाऱ्या महिलेने 'असिस्टेड रिप्रोडक्टीव्ह टेक्नॉलॉजी' (ART) सेंटरमध्ये रीतसर पेशंट म्हणून मूळ नावाने आणि सध्या रहात असलेल्या पत्त्यासह नाव नोंदवणे आवश्यक आवश्यक आहे.
८. बाळाचा जन्म दाखला जेनेटिक पालकांच्या नावानुसारच तयार होणार.
९. एआरटी बँक /एआरटी क्लिनिक महाराष्ट्राव्यतिरिक्त अन्य कोणत्याही राज्याची निवासी असलेल्या स्त्रीला सरोगेट मदर बनण्याची परवानगी देणार नाही किंवा अन्य कोणत्याही राज्यात सरोगेट मदर पाठवणार नाही.
१०. या प्रकियेत लिंगनिदान चाचणी करता येणार नाही; केल्यास तो कायदेशीर गुन्हा ठरेल.
११. गर्भधारणा ते प्रसूतीदरम्यानचा आणि बाळाशी संबंधित सर्व खर्च जेनेटिक पालकांना करावा लागणार.
१२. एकावेळी एकाच महिलेला सरोगेट मदर म्हणून निवडता येऊ शकेल.
१३. एखादे परदेशी जोडपे महाराष्ट्रातून सरोगेट म्द्रची निवड करत असेल तर त्यांना या प्रक्रियेसाठी स्थानिक पालकाची निवड करणे बंधनकारक असेल. जन्माला येणाऱ्या बाळाची जबाबदारी स्थानिक पालकाची असेल.
१४. परदेशातून आलेल्या जोडप्यांकडून आवश्यक कागदपत्रे घेणे. त्या देशांच्या दूतावासाकडून सरोगसीला तेथे मान्यता आहे का? याची खातरजमा करून घेणे आवश्यक असेल.
१५. सरोगेट मदरला जेनेटिक पालकांद्वारे प्रमाणपत्र देण्यात यावे.
१६. सरोगेट मदर आणि जेनेटिक पालक यांच्यात कायदेशीर करारपत्र होईल. या करारपत्राप्रमाणे जेनेटिक पालक सरोगेट मदरला पैसे देतील.
१७. जेनेटिक पालक बलाचा ताबा घेत नसतील तर कायद्याप्रमाणे बाळाची जबाबदारी स्थानिक पालकाची असेल.
एआरटी क्लिनिक बँक आणि समुपदेशक यांना लागू होणारे नियम, पात्रता, मान्यता, कर्तव्ये, गुन्हे, दंड, तक्रारी आदी :
या प्रकरणात एआरटी व क्लिनिक बँकांची नोंदणी व मान्यता, नोंदणी अर्ज, नोंदणी अर्जाची मान्यता, नोंदणी नुतनीकरण, तहकुबी किंवा रद्द करणे, नोंदणी प्राधिकरणाद्वारे जागेची तपासणी, एआरटी क्लिनिकची सर्वसामान्य कर्तव्ये, लेखी व सर्व माहिती जाणून घेऊन दिली गेलेली संमती मिळविण्याचे एआरटीचे कर्तव्ये, अचूक नोंदी ठेवण्याबाबत एआरटी क्लिनिक व जिल्हा नोंदणी प्राधिकरणाची कर्तव्ये, रोपण-पूर्व जनुकीय निदान, लिंग निवड, एआरटी बँकेची कर्तव्ये, जननपेशी मिळवणे, जननपेशी व भ्रूण साठवणे, हाताळणे, जननपेशी, मूलपेशी व भ्रूण यांच्या विक्रीवरील निर्बंध, जन्मपूर्व लिंग व परीक्षणाची जाहिरात करण्यास प्रतिबंध घालणे व नियमाचा भंग केला गेल्यास दंड, गुन्हे व दंड, जन्मपूर्व चिकित्सा तंत्राच्या वापराच्या बाबतीत गृहीतक, ज्या तरतुदींबाबत कोणत्याही विशिष्ट शिक्षेची योजनाकेलेली नाही त्या तरतुदींचा भंग केल्याबद्दल दंड, दखलपात्र गुन्हा, राज्य मंडळाकडे सदर करावयाची याचिका, जिल्हा मंडळांसमोरील कार्यवाही असेल आदी बाबींचा
समावेश करण्यात आला आहे.
जिल्हा मंडळ व नोंदणी प्राधिकरण :
या प्रकरणात जिल्हा मंडळाची स्थापना, सभा, अधिकार व कार्ये यांची माहिती दिली आहे. त्याचबरोबर कार्यालय, सेवाशर्ती, जिल्हा मंडळाचे सदस्य निवडीच्या अटी, कामाची पद्धत, नोंदणी प्राधिकरणाची प्रस्थापना व कार्ये यांचा उल्लेख करण्यात आला आहे.
राज्य सल्लागार मंडळ :
या प्रकरणात राज्य सल्लागार मंडळाची स्थापना, राज्य सल्लागार मंडळाच्या सभा आणि कार्ये याबाबतची उद्दिष्ट्ये दिली आहेत.
रुग्ण, दाट, सरोगेट व मुलांचे अधिकार आणि कर्तव्ये :
या प्रकरणात रुग्णांचे अधिकार, कर्तव्ये, बीजांड-शुक्राणू देणगीदार आणि सरोगसीद्वारे जन्माला आलेले मूल यांच्याशी संबंधित अधिकार आणि नियमावली दिली आहे. तसेच जन्माला येणाऱ्या मुलाची कायदेशीर स्थिती अधिकृतपणे निश्चित करणे आणि त्या मुलाला दाता किंवा सरोगेट मदरबद्दल जाणून घेण्याचा अधिकार देण्यात आला आहे.
IVF brings two-fold joy to Spanish businessman
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Juan Carlos couldn't be happier. The Spanish businessman has been blessed with two bundles of joy - son Antonio and daughter Rosio. The twins are India's New Year gift to the 41-year-old. Born to a surrogate mother, both the babies are healthy, weighing 2.7kg and 2.5kg respectively.
"Antonio has a dimple in the right cheek. Rosio looks like a queen already. I am going to shower all happiness in the world on my kids. They complete my life," he says.
Carlos says though he did not want to marry, he always wanted to be a father. "After thinking over it for several years, I opted for surrogacy. Thanks to the woman who agreed to make my wish come true and the doctors in India, today I am a proud father to not one but two children," the single father said. Carlos added that the successful childbirth comes after three failed attempts.
Dr Shivani Sachdev Gour, director, Isis Hospital, where the IVF procedure was conducted successfully, said that the cost of surrogacy in India is Rs 12-14 lakh compared to 2 million dollars (approximately) in the US.
"There has been a 60-70% increase in foreign nationals opting for surrogacy in the recent years. At present, 120 surrogate mothers associated with our clinic are pregnant and 180 deliveries are expected till August. There is a huge demand not only because of cheap facilities but the fact that Indian women are not usually into drugs and alcohol. Children born to surrogate mothers are relatively healthy," said Gour. She added that maximum patients - single men/ women, gay couple and those suffering from medical conditions that cause infertility - come from Australia, Spain, the US, and European nations.
The IVF centre, Gour said, hires surrogate mothers through an agency and the patients are brought in by companies dealing with medical tourism. "On an average, we get 10-15 requests for surrogacy in India from Spain. The demand from other countries is also very high," said Avinash Kumar, who works at a private agency. Many Indians too, who are either divorced or want to remain single, are also opting for assisted reproductive technique (ART) in which a woman carries the baby of another woman in her womb.
Indian Council of Medical Research issued guidelines in 2005 which allow surrogacy only in cases where no other possibility of reproduction exists.
Legal experts say that surrogate parents are given the status of guardians applying the adoption provision under Indian Guardianship and Wards Act 1890.
NEW DELHI: Juan Carlos couldn't be happier. The Spanish businessman has been blessed with two bundles of joy - son Antonio and daughter Rosio. The twins are India's New Year gift to the 41-year-old. Born to a surrogate mother, both the babies are healthy, weighing 2.7kg and 2.5kg respectively.
"Antonio has a dimple in the right cheek. Rosio looks like a queen already. I am going to shower all happiness in the world on my kids. They complete my life," he says.
Carlos says though he did not want to marry, he always wanted to be a father. "After thinking over it for several years, I opted for surrogacy. Thanks to the woman who agreed to make my wish come true and the doctors in India, today I am a proud father to not one but two children," the single father said. Carlos added that the successful childbirth comes after three failed attempts.
Dr Shivani Sachdev Gour, director, Isis Hospital, where the IVF procedure was conducted successfully, said that the cost of surrogacy in India is Rs 12-14 lakh compared to 2 million dollars (approximately) in the US.
"There has been a 60-70% increase in foreign nationals opting for surrogacy in the recent years. At present, 120 surrogate mothers associated with our clinic are pregnant and 180 deliveries are expected till August. There is a huge demand not only because of cheap facilities but the fact that Indian women are not usually into drugs and alcohol. Children born to surrogate mothers are relatively healthy," said Gour. She added that maximum patients - single men/ women, gay couple and those suffering from medical conditions that cause infertility - come from Australia, Spain, the US, and European nations.
The IVF centre, Gour said, hires surrogate mothers through an agency and the patients are brought in by companies dealing with medical tourism. "On an average, we get 10-15 requests for surrogacy in India from Spain. The demand from other countries is also very high," said Avinash Kumar, who works at a private agency. Many Indians too, who are either divorced or want to remain single, are also opting for assisted reproductive technique (ART) in which a woman carries the baby of another woman in her womb.
Indian Council of Medical Research issued guidelines in 2005 which allow surrogacy only in cases where no other possibility of reproduction exists.
Legal experts say that surrogate parents are given the status of guardians applying the adoption provision under Indian Guardianship and Wards Act 1890.
Kerala couple denied dead son’s semen sample
Times of India
KOCHI: An elderly couple from Kerala's Angamaly town is seeking their dead son's semen sample, preserved in a hospital lab, so that they can realise their dream of a grandchild through a surrogate mother. But the hospital is refusing to give them the sample.
Ravi Kumar, 59, and Karthyayani, 58, have approached the Lok Adalat through a lawyer. "The couple is from a poor background. Ratheesh was their only son and his demise caused irreparable loss to them. They wanted to go in for Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) to cherish their desire of having a grandchild," said their counsel Aniyan P Vakkom. "In fact the couple has found a surrogate mother for the ART, but the hospital authorities are not willing to release the semen sample," he said.
Ratheesh died on January 5, 2011 while undergoing treatment for a tumor in his testicles. It was during the treatment that he deposited the semen at CIMAR Centre for Infertility Management and Assisted Reproduction.
CIMAR Medical Coordinator Parasuram Gopinath told TOI that they would be able to release the sample to the parents of the deceased only if they submit an order from a court or some other competent authority.
KOCHI: An elderly couple from Kerala's Angamaly town is seeking their dead son's semen sample, preserved in a hospital lab, so that they can realise their dream of a grandchild through a surrogate mother. But the hospital is refusing to give them the sample.
Ravi Kumar, 59, and Karthyayani, 58, have approached the Lok Adalat through a lawyer. "The couple is from a poor background. Ratheesh was their only son and his demise caused irreparable loss to them. They wanted to go in for Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) to cherish their desire of having a grandchild," said their counsel Aniyan P Vakkom. "In fact the couple has found a surrogate mother for the ART, but the hospital authorities are not willing to release the semen sample," he said.
Ratheesh died on January 5, 2011 while undergoing treatment for a tumor in his testicles. It was during the treatment that he deposited the semen at CIMAR Centre for Infertility Management and Assisted Reproduction.
CIMAR Medical Coordinator Parasuram Gopinath told TOI that they would be able to release the sample to the parents of the deceased only if they submit an order from a court or some other competent authority.
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