Surrogacy Legalities in India
What are the Surrogacy Legalities in India?
Commercial surrogacy has been legal in India since 2002. India has emerged as a leader in international surrogacy. Surrogacy at Indian surrogacy clinics has been increasingly popular with infertile couples, gays and single people from abroad due to relatively low cost. Indian clinics charge intended parents as a package for surrogacy including surrogate mother’s compensation and medical and professional services.
Please note that a due to a recent regulation by the government of India only married couples from abroad can now apply for surrogacy in India. Unmarried Indian citizens and singles can still apply.
Also, you will need to visit India for surrogacy on a medical visa only. To apply for a medical visa, send us your details here and we will send you an invitation letter to apply for medical visa at the Indian embassy.
In 2008, the Supreme Court of India has held that commercial surrogacy is permitted in India. That has again increased the confidence of intended parents in going in for surrogacy in India.
Law on surrogacy in India
Surrogacy in India is unregulated as they yet don’t have legislation controlling surrogacy. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has set “national guidelines” to regulate surrogacy, these are simply guidelines.It was in baby Manji’s case in 2002 that Supreme Court of India held that commercial surrogacy was legal in India.
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Indian Council for Medical Research guidelines on Surrogacy
- Surrogacy arrangement will continue to be governed by contract amongst parties, which will contain all the terms requiring consent of surrogate mother to bear child, agreement of her husband and other family members for the same, medical procedures of artificial insemination, reimbursement of all reasonable expenses for carrying child to full term, willingness to hand over the child born to the commissioning parent(s), etc. But such an arrangement should not be for commercial purposes.
- A surrogacy arrangement should provide for financial support for surrogate child in the event of death of the commissioning couple or individual before delivery of the child, or divorce between the intended parents and subsequent willingness of none to take delivery of the child.
- A surrogacy contract should necessarily take care of life insurance cover for surrogate mother.
- One of the intended parents should be a donor as well, because the bond of love and affection with a child primarily emanates from biological relationship. Also, the chances of various kinds of child-abuse, which have been noticed in cases of adoptions, will be reduced. In case the intended parent is single, he or she should be a donor to be able to have a surrogate child. Otherwise, adoption is the way to have a child which is resorted to if biological (natural) parents and adoptive parents are different.
- Legislation itself should recognize a surrogate child to be the legitimate child of the commissioning parent(s) without there being any need for adoption or even declaration of guardian.
- The birth certificate of the surrogate child should contain the name(s) of the commissioning parent(s) only.
- Right to privacy of donor as well as surrogate mother should be protected.
- Sex-selective surrogacy should be prohibited.
- Cases of abortions should be governed by the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 only.
