TAIPEI (The China Post) : The Taiwan government will soon hold
a meeting to discuss regulations related to surrogacy in Taiwan, an
official from the Bureau of Health Promotion under the Department of
Health said yesterday.
A draft Surrogacy Act covering
over 40 regulations was drawn up in 2004 but after more than 20
international meetings, experts failed to reach consensus on legal
issues pertaining to sperm and egg donations, the rights of surrogate
mothers, biological parents, and children, the bureau's Deputy
Director-General Kung Hsien-lan said.
The department will
discuss whether to include those issues in the artificial reproduction
bill or establish a new law in the near future, with a view to lifting
the ban on surrogacy, Kung said.
Kung said she hopes to
implement as soon as possible the conclusions reached at a meeting in
September to allow infertile couples to donate healthy eggs and sperm
for surrogate births.
The government should provide legal
protections for all parties involved and ensure that surrogate mothers
will be given money only for necessary expenses rather than as a reward,
she said.
Over 5,000 infertile couples in Taiwan who were eager
to have children of their own have sought surrogate mothers outside the
law since they cannot afford to pay for surrogacy in other countries,
said Kuomintang Legislator Chiang Huei-chen at the conference with Kung.
A new regulation covering the relationship between rights and
obligations should be established as part of the solutions to key
identity authentication issues, said Kuo Chuan-ching of the Department
of Legal Affairs under the Ministry of Justice.
The surrogacy
issue came to the fore after Lien Hui-hsin, the eldest daughter of
Kuomintang Honorary Chairman Lien Chan, recently had three daughters via
two surrogate mothers in the United States.
Time to regulate surrogacy in India
Women's Feature Service : Surrogacy in India continues to remain a very sensitive topic. The laws
meant to regulate surrogacy are still in nascent stages, as they are
stuck at various legislative levels.
The only guidelines currently related to this field are those of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), which date back to 2006.
Meanwhile, surrogacy is growing rapidly by the day, thanks to India emerging as a centre for medical tourism and being one of the few countries in the world where commercial surrogacy is widely available. Estimates for the value of this industry range from Rs 20 billion to 2.3 billion US dollars.
The legal situation in India is in sharp contrast to that existing in many other countries. In Germany and Canada surrogacy is outlawed or prohibited, in the United Kingdom it is highly regulated and very expensive.
The only guidelines currently related to this field are those of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), which date back to 2006.
Meanwhile, surrogacy is growing rapidly by the day, thanks to India emerging as a centre for medical tourism and being one of the few countries in the world where commercial surrogacy is widely available. Estimates for the value of this industry range from Rs 20 billion to 2.3 billion US dollars.
The legal situation in India is in sharp contrast to that existing in many other countries. In Germany and Canada surrogacy is outlawed or prohibited, in the United Kingdom it is highly regulated and very expensive.
Australians turning to India for surrogacy
Press Trust of India / Melbourne : Rising number of Australians are turning to India for surrogacy
arrangements to fulfil their parenting dreams, according to a new study.
India is being seen as a preferred destination for commercial surrogacy, followed by Thailand and the United States, according to the study by 'Surrogacy Australia', an agency involved in international surrogacy.
According to Herald Sun, the agency had found there were 200 recorded surrogacy births in India to Australian couples so far this year, compared to 179 in 2011, 86 in 2010 and 47 in 2009.
The research included Australian government statistics, data collected from 14 large overseas surrogacy agencies and a survey of 217 Australians.
India is being seen as a preferred destination for commercial surrogacy, followed by Thailand and the United States, according to the study by 'Surrogacy Australia', an agency involved in international surrogacy.
According to Herald Sun, the agency had found there were 200 recorded surrogacy births in India to Australian couples so far this year, compared to 179 in 2011, 86 in 2010 and 47 in 2009.
The research included Australian government statistics, data collected from 14 large overseas surrogacy agencies and a survey of 217 Australians.
‘Beautiful and fair’ preferred among surrogate mothers too
Caste and religion are also key factors while renting wombs: study
The Hindu (Beautiful and fair — words traditionally synonymous with brides — are
being used for renting a womb. For, not only are “healthy, beautiful,
fair and higher caste or Brahmin’’ surrogates in great demand, they also
receive good payment in cash and kind from the commissioning parents
after delivery.
Doctors and agents have confirmed — in a study by Sama, a Delhi-based
resource group working on women’s and health issues — that there were
preferred criteria set by the commissioning parents, such as ‘higher
caste,’ Brahmins and a particular religion, often directed by their own
identity. Commissioning parents shower gifts on surrogate mothers for
producing healthy and good-looking babies.
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