20

Jul

Surrogacy in India not just for married heterosexuals

India’s revised surrogacy law does little to meet the needs of its growing LGBTQ+ community. India’s revised surrogacy law has been praised for outlawing commercial surrogacy, but it has also been criticised for restricting who is eligible to undertake altruistic surrogacy. Since the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act 2021 came into force in January 2022, domestic commercial surrogacy has […]

03

Jul

Dutch government plans to regulate surrogacy

The Dutch government wants to forbid women to bear children for profit. But altruistic surrogacy should be made easier. Women will also be allowed to offer themselves in advertisements. “Something is going to shift.” This said Minister Franc Weerwind of Legal Affairs (D66) on Friday afternoon. Any form of payment to a surrogate mother should become punishable,[…]