New Delhi (Business Standard) : There is an urgent need for a rights-based legal framework to
regulate surrogacy in India, an organisation working for social causes
said Thursday.
"The unregulated reproductive tourism industry of 'procreating' through surrogacy is rapidly increasing in India while
there is still no legal provision to safeguard the interests of all the
major stakeholders involved in the surrogacy arrangement," the Centre
for Social Research (CSR) said.
Delhi now ‘surrogacy capital’ of India
New Delhi (Sanjay Kaw/The Asian Age) : Delhi is fast emerging as a major hub for surrogacy in the country.
An in-depth study conducted by the Centre for Social Research has
indicated that about 50 clinics in the city are carrying out surrogacy
procedures here. Estimates show that each clinic delivers about 250
children through surrogate mothers every year.
“What was once limited to a few cities in the country has spread all over the national capital,” CSR director Ranjana Kumari told this newspaper. “There is no proper law to regulate the billion dollar rent-a-womb industry in the country.”
Dr Kumari said that so far about 40,000 to 45,000 children are reported to have been born through surrogacy in the entire country. A study conducted by the CSR in Anand, Surat and Jamnagar showed that a majority of surrogate mothers belonged to economically-weaker families. The average monthly income of these women was found between Rs 1,000 and Rs 2,000. Most of these women belonged to Jharkhand, Orissa, Bihar and slums of Mumbai.
“What was once limited to a few cities in the country has spread all over the national capital,” CSR director Ranjana Kumari told this newspaper. “There is no proper law to regulate the billion dollar rent-a-womb industry in the country.”
Dr Kumari said that so far about 40,000 to 45,000 children are reported to have been born through surrogacy in the entire country. A study conducted by the CSR in Anand, Surat and Jamnagar showed that a majority of surrogate mothers belonged to economically-weaker families. The average monthly income of these women was found between Rs 1,000 and Rs 2,000. Most of these women belonged to Jharkhand, Orissa, Bihar and slums of Mumbai.
The Karnataka Legislative Committee urges to govt to regulate surrogacy
BANGALORE : The Karnataka Legislative Committee asked the government to formulate a law to protect the
socio-economic interests of surrogate mothers and to save them from
exploitation. It observed that there is an increase in advertisements
from hospitals and illegal clinics which cater to the needs of childless
couples and urged the government to set up an accreditation authority
to regulate the assisted reproductive services offered by private
medical institutions.
The committee said there is no legislation in force in the country to protect surrogate mothers. Pointing out that there is a huge demand from abroad for Indian surrogate mothers as surrogacy is a costly and complicated affair in foreign countries, the committee said India may become a medical tourism destination in future.
Surrogacy has turned into a business and is being controlled by touts, the committee observed and said Health and Family Welfare Department should ensure that poor women offering themselves as surrogate mothers are not exploited.
The committee said there is no legislation in force in the country to protect surrogate mothers. Pointing out that there is a huge demand from abroad for Indian surrogate mothers as surrogacy is a costly and complicated affair in foreign countries, the committee said India may become a medical tourism destination in future.
Surrogacy has turned into a business and is being controlled by touts, the committee observed and said Health and Family Welfare Department should ensure that poor women offering themselves as surrogate mothers are not exploited.
Top surrogacy clinics under MMC scanner
Mumbai (Police commissioner
names Bandra's Rotunda, Andheri's Corion, and Lilavati's surrogacy
clinic in his letter to the Maharashtra Medical Council.
Three of the city's top surrogacy clinics are under the scanner after Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria recently raised a red flag over possible visa norms violations by them.
The Maharashtra Medical Council has now constituted a two-member committee to look into surrogacy practices of Bandra's Rotunda Fertility Clinic, Andheri's Corion Fertility Clinic, and the surrogacy clinic at the Lilavati Hospital in Bandra. The committee comprises gynaecologist Dr Sanjay Gupte from Pune and senior gynaecologist Dr Bipin Pandit of Mumbai.
Sources said that the Foreigners Regional Registration Office -- which regulates the registration, movement, and stay of foreign nationals - had detected abuse of visa norms by the three clinics. One of the main discrepancies observed was that people travelling on tourist visas were being allowed to undergo surrogacy procedures.
Three of the city's top surrogacy clinics are under the scanner after Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria recently raised a red flag over possible visa norms violations by them.
The Maharashtra Medical Council has now constituted a two-member committee to look into surrogacy practices of Bandra's Rotunda Fertility Clinic, Andheri's Corion Fertility Clinic, and the surrogacy clinic at the Lilavati Hospital in Bandra. The committee comprises gynaecologist Dr Sanjay Gupte from Pune and senior gynaecologist Dr Bipin Pandit of Mumbai.
Sources said that the Foreigners Regional Registration Office -- which regulates the registration, movement, and stay of foreign nationals - had detected abuse of visa norms by the three clinics. One of the main discrepancies observed was that people travelling on tourist visas were being allowed to undergo surrogacy procedures.
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