The plea has sought a direction recognising the rights of women other than married women above 35 years of age to avail surrogacy as a mean...

In India, the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, which came into effect on January 25, has made it very difficult for couples to have children thr...

At the time, New York was one of a handful of states outlawing commercial surrogacy. Now, it's about to become legal after years of activis...

Only Indian couples who have been legally married for at least five years would be allowed to opt for surrogacy.

The Rajya Sabha Chairman has granted extension upto July 11 to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare for a repo...

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 was introduced by Health Minister J P Nadda amid noisy opposition protest over the government's demon...

The bill was a response to India emerging as a hub for surrogacy and concerns about the commercial exploitation of poor women who bear chil...

Sathpathy questioned why a single parent or homosexual couples should not have as much right to raise a child as “traditional” married coup...

Surrogacy has been an unregulated arena and there is immense scope for exploitation of poor women acting as surrogate mothers.

Government has proposed to ban commercial surrogacy to prevent exploitation of surrogate mothers through a legislation, Lok Sabha was infor...

Government today directed all its missions not to issue visas to those intending to visit India for commissioning surrogacy.

A sudden drastic move to disallow surrogacy for foreigners only creates confusion in the minds of those involved in the process.

The speedy passing of the long-pending Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill might put to rest a lot of the questions surround...

The court observed that in case of making a change in policy by the Government, prior notices to the parties should have been given.

But debate has been growing over whether the unregulated business exploits poor women, prompting a petition to the top court for action.

The court was acting on a PIL that challenged commercial surrogacy, which has several deleterious effects on surrogate mothers.

"Some countries like South Korea have banned it. We need to look into the larger issues involved in the petition,” Justices Ranjan Gogoi an...