Couples struggling with the natural conception of a baby consider other methods. Among the fertility procedures that ensure positive pregnancy is surrogacy. This refers to bearing someone else’s child. Usually, the male and female gametes come from the couple to be implanted and kept in the gestational carrier’s body. After 9 months of development, the fetus is born by a surrogate mother as well as given back to her biological parents. The surrogacy process in India is pretty straightforward, making it a preferred option for most families.
The rules that are governed by the Surrogacy Regulation Bill of 2019:
Before adopting surrogacy, the couples should thoroughly understand the major aspects of this bill, which are as follows.
- A baby born through the surrogacy process in India belongs to the biological parents.
- The surrogate is free to withdraw from the contract before doctors keep the embryo in her.
- The law strictly prohibits commercial surrogacy. Women cannot do it as a job by taking money. However, altruistic surrogacy is legal in India.
- In the case of altruistic surrogacy, the surrogate also enjoys medical and insurance coverage.
- The surrogacy process in India is available only for couples with proven infertility.
- In India, the government is not allowing surrogacy for single parents and homosexual couples.
- Foreigners cannot make use of Indian surrogates.
