SURROGACY POLICY IN INDIA AND NEED OF ACTS TO REGULATE COMMERCIAL SURROGACY

Surrogacy is an arrangement by which a woman, called as surrogate, carries and delivers the offspring of the commissioning parents and it has been recognized in India under the ART treatment. For commercial surrogacy, there is no any uniform law in India or there is no law that binds or regulates th...

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Published inJournal of evolution of medical and dental sciences Vol. 3; no. 20; pp. 5384 - 5389
Main Authors Chaturvedi, R.K, Garg, S.P, Mishra, Abha, Garg, Vidya, Chaturvedi, Praveen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Akshantala Enterprises Private Limited 19.05.2014
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Pregnant women
India
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Summary:Surrogacy is an arrangement by which a woman, called as surrogate, carries and delivers the offspring of the commissioning parents and it has been recognized in India under the ART treatment. For commercial surrogacy, there is no any uniform law in India or there is no law that binds or regulates this industry. In this paper, we have focused our attention on the present existing laws or guidelines regulating surrogacy with emphasis on need for stringent laws to regulate commercial surrogacy. KEYWORDS: Surrogacy, Artificial Reproductive Technologies (ART), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
ISSN:2278-4748
2278-4802
DOI:10.14260/jemds/2014/2602