सरोगसी नियमन विधेयक लोकसभेत संमत

विवाहितांसाठीच ‘सरोगसी’

महिलांचे शोषण रोखणारे तसेच व्यावसायिक सरोगसीला मज्जाव करणारे 'सरोगसी नियमन विधेयक २०१६' बुधवारी लोकसभेत संमत झाले. कायदेशीर विवाहास किमान पाच वर्षे झालेल्या अपत्यहीन दाम्पत्याला नात्यातील महिलेच्या मदतीने मूल जन्मास घालणे शक्य होणार आहे.

महिलांचे शोषण रोखणारे तसेच व्यावसायिक सरोगसीला मज्जाव करणारे सरोगसी नियमन विधेयक २०१६' बुधवारी लोकसभेत संमत झाले. कायदेशीर विवाहास किमान पाच वर्षे झालेल्या अपत्यहीन दाम्पत्याला नात्यातील महिलेच्या मदतीने मूल जन्मास घालणे शक्य होणार आहे. मात्र, समलैंगिक संबंध असलेल्या किंवा 'लिव्ह इन रिलेशन'मधील जोडप्यांना या कायद्याचा लाभ मिळणार नाही. 

'पारंपरिक कुटुंबाची व्याख्या पूर्ण करणाऱ्या दाम्पत्यालाच या विधेयकाचा लाभ मिळेल. अनिवासी भारतीयांना सरोगसीची परवानगी देतानाच, परदेशी दाम्पत्यांना मात्र मनाई करण्यात आली आहे,' असे केंद्रीय आरोग्यमंत्री जगतप्रकाश नड्डा यांनी स्पष्ट केले. पत्नीचे वय २३ ते ५० आणि पतीचे वय २६ ते ५५ दरम्यान असणे अनिवार्य असेल. दाम्पत्याच्या नात्यात असलेल्या विवाहित महिलेला एकदाच सरोगेट आई होण्याची परवानगी मिळेल.

स्त्रोत: https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/india-news/ls-passes-bill-on-surrogacy/articleshow/67168577.cms

Lok Sabha passes surrogacy bill in likely boost for adoption in India

The surrogacy bill bans commercial renting of wombs, allows ‘altruistic surrogacy’, and has a provision for jail term up to 10 years

Neetu Chandra Sharma

New Delhi: Adoption may get a leg-up in India following the passage of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, banning commercial renting of wombs and allowing only “altruistic surrogacy”.

According to the Bill, all except legally married Indian couples who otherwise would not be able to conceive will be barred from opting for surrogacy. Besides, only a close relative can become a surrogate for “medically proven infertile” couples.

Experts claim that the stringent rules and regulations may encourage couples to turn toward adoption. “As surrogacy services were easily available, people used to hire a surrogate for having a baby, no matter if they were married, single or same sex couples,” said Ranjana Kumari, director of the Centre for Social Research.

“As commercial surrogacy will not be an option in the near future, intended single parents or couples willing to have a baby will look at adoption to fulfil the need. This may possibly boost the dismal adoption figures in India,” she said.

The draft law has a provision for a jail term of up to 10 years and a fine of ₹10 lakh for violations such as abandoning a child and choosing commercial surrogacy. “The decision is big and is in the interest of all women and children. There were reports of surrogates being harassed because of the dearth of regulation. In the Bill, altruistic surrogacy is legalized and commercial surrogacy is criminalized. We need to see with time how this will impact the adoption scenario in country, which is also a noble cause,” said Balram Bhargava, secretary, department of health research, ministry of health and family welfare.

From April 2017 to March 2018 only 3,276 children were adopted in India, according to the Central Adoption Resource Authority, ministry of women and child development.

Health minister J.P. Nadda termed the proposed legislation “historic”. “The aim of the bill was to stop commercial surrogacy but at the same time save families by allowing them to have children by using modern science. Only defined mother and family can avail of surrogacy and the same was not permitted for live-in partners or single parents,” Nadda said.

The Bill comes against the backdrop of reports of unethical practices, exploitation of surrogate mothers, abandonment of children born out of surrogacy and rackets around intermediaries importing human embryos and gametes were reported.

The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha after an hour-long debate amid noisy protests by Congress and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) members. Supriya Sule of the Congress tweeted, “Surrogacy is a moral, social and emotional issue concerning parenthood. There must not be a 5-year clause to prove infertility, when science and technology has progressed so much, why should the couple wait for that long a while to have a child through surrogacy?” “Bill must mould itself in a more modern shape by considering cases of potential single parents, widows, same sex couples who want to have children as well, especially after recent progressive judgments,” she said.

Source : https://www.livemint.com/Politics/hARv5G5wm1Fo2QQqQ43I3J/Lok-Sabha-passes-surrogacy-bill-in-likely-boost-for-adoption.html

For detail bill : http://164.100.47.4/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/Asintroduced/257_LS_2016_Eng.pdf

सरोगसी नियमन विधेयकाला केंद्रीय मंत्रिमंडळाची मंजुरी

नवी दिल्ली : सरोगसी नियमन विधेयकाला केंद्रीय मंत्रिमंडळानं मंजुरी दिली आहे.

सरोगसी विधेयकामुळे आता भाडोत्री मातृत्वाच्या बाजारपेठेला आळा बसेल असं मत परराष्ट्र मंत्री सुषमा स्वराज यांनी व्यक्त केले.

भारतात 2002 मध्ये सरोगसीला मान्यता देण्यात आली. पण, त्यानंतर भारत म्हणे सरोगसीची बाजारपेठ बनली.

 अनेक अनैतिक गोष्टी समोर आल्या. त्यामुळेच या सरोगसी नियमन विधेयकाला मंजुरी देण्यात आली.

 आता सरोगसीचा हक्क फक्त भारतीय नागरिकांनाच असेल. तसेच परदेशी नागरिकांना, अनिवासी भारतीय, विदेशातील भारतीय वंशाच्या व्यक्ती आता भाडोत्री मातृत्वाची सवलत घेता येणार नाही.

Cabinet approves introduction of the "Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016"

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of the "Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016". 

The Bill will regulate surrogacy in India by establishing National Surrogacy Board at the central level and State Surrogacy Boards and Appropriate Authorities in the State and Union Territories. The legislation will ensure effective regulation of surrogacy, prohibit commercial surrogacy and allow ethical surrogacy to the needy infertile couples. 

All infertile Indian married couple who want to avail ethical surrogacy will be benefited. Further the rights of surrogate mother and children born out of surrogacy will be protected. The Bill shall apply to whole of India, except the state of Jammu and Kashmir. 

The major benefits of the Act would be that it will regulate the surrogacy services in the country. While commercial surrogacy will be prohibited including sale and purchase of human embryo and gametes, ethical surrogacy to the needy infertile couples will be allowed on fulfilment of certain conditions and for specific purposes. As such, it will control the unethical practices in surrogacy, prevent commercialization of surrogacy and will prohibit potential exploitation of surrogate mothers and children born through surrogacy. 

No permanent structure is proposed to be created in the Draft Bill. Neither there are proposals for creating new posts. The proposed legislation, while covering an important area is framed in such a manner that it ensures effective regulation but does not add much vertically to the current regulatory structure already in place at the central as well as states. Accordingly, there will not be any financial implications except for the meetings of the National and State surrogacy Boards and Appropriate Authorities which will be met out of the regular budget of Central and State governments. 

Background: 

India has emerged as a surrogacy hub for couples from different countries and there have been reported incidents concerning unethical practices, exploitation of surrogate mothers, abandonment of children born out of surrogacy and rackets of intermediaries importing human embryos and gametes. Widespread condemnation of commercial surrogacy prevalent in India has also been regularly published in different print-and electronic media since last few years highlighting the need to prohibit commercial surrogacy and allow ethical altruistic surrogacy. The 228th report of the Law Commission of India has also recommended for prohibiting commercial surrogacy and allowing ethical altruistic surrogacy to the needy Indian citizens by enacting a suitable legislation.