New Delhi (Deccan Chronicle | Teena Thacker) : The Union women and child development ministry has proposed that the
health ministry allow surrogacy to everyone, including unmarried couples
and those in live-in relationships.
In its comments on the proposed Assisted Reproductive Technology
(Regulation) Bill, 2013, the ministry has opined that the health
ministry’s definition of ‘couple’ is narrow. The WCD wants the
definition of “couple to include everyone who wants to avail ARTs and
surrogacy, irrespective of marriage”.
Contrary to the health ministry’s draft Bill — that says that no
woman shall act as surrogate for more than three successful births
including their own children — the women and child development ministry
has proposed to extend the same provision to four births (live and still
births), including her own children with not less than a two-year
interval between two deliveries.
The WCD is also of the view that women above 21 years of age with
conditions like height below 140 cm, women with low Body Mass Index
(BMI) and with high-risk conditions like cardio-vascular diseases,
thyroid problems should be excluded.
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