ART and Surrogacy Bills: After passing the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill two years ago, the Lok Sabha has now passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill. What is the change, and how is ART to be regulated under the new Bill?
Commercial surrogacy will soon be banned and only close relatives will be permitted to act as surrogates to infertile couples for ethical altruistic reasons.
The high cost of surrogacy is one of the reasons the government want to regulate non-commercial or ‘altruistic surrogacy’ and this is why the Union Cabinet has approved the introduction of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019.