Surrogacy abroad: Legal pathways and challenges for Indian couples seeking parenthood beyond bordersSurrogacy laws in India are restrictive. NRIs and OCIs seek surrogacy abroad. They face legal and ethical challenges. Parentage establishme...
14 Jul, 2025, 01.41 PM IST
New Mexican drama series ‘The Surrogacy’ released on Netflix, here’s where the series was filmedMexican drama series ‘The Surrogacy’ is now available on Netflix for viewers. The show talks about a woman who rents her womb due to some f...
16 Jun, 2023, 07.47 PM IST
Pregnant pause: How a ban on commercial surrogacy could drive it undergroundIn India, the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, which came into effect on January 25, has made it very difficult for couples to have children thr...
29 Jan, 2022, 11.00 PM IST
Lok Sabha adjourned after passage of Surrogacy Bill amid uproarLok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day after the House agreed to the amendments made by the Rajya Sabha on the Surrogacy (Regulat...
17 Dec, 2021, 04.07 PM IST
'Modern Indian women want to stay single, unwilling to give birth even after marriage'"Today, I am sorry to say this, lots of modern women in India want to stay single. Even if they get married, they don't want to give birth....
11 Oct, 2021, 03.08 PM IST
No longer an outlier: New York ends commercial surrogacy banAt 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...
14 Feb, 2021, 07.48 PM IST
New strict Surrogacy Bill on the anvil, clinics shut shopThe National ART Registry of India (NARI) maintained by the ISAR is the nodal agency tasked with recording surrogacy cases. But infertility...
16 Nov, 2019, 11.35 AM IST
Modicare: NHPS gets cabinet nod, scheme portable across countryThe National Health Protection Scheme will cover all pre-existing diseases. It will give cashless benefits in any public or private hospita...
22 Mar, 2018, 08.17 AM IST
Double Whammy: What the surrogacy bill brings for IndiaIndia’s proposed surrogacy bill has dealt a double whammy: it restricts options for those who want children & curbs income opportunities fo...
03 Sep, 2016, 03.48 AM IST
Bombay HC stays government ban on surrogacy for foreign couplesThe court observed that in case of making a change in policy by the Government, prior notices to the parties should have been given.
07 Nov, 2015, 03.39 PM IST
Blanket ban likely on NRIs, PIOs, foreigners having kids through surrogacyNCW Chairperson Lalita Kumaramangalam said Health Ministry has decided to finalise the bill on surrogacy-related issues by November 15.
15 Oct, 2015, 10.54 PM IST
Supreme Court asks government to explain stance on commercial surrogacyThe court was acting on a PIL that challenged commercial surrogacy, which has several deleterious effects on surrogate mothers.
26 Feb, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
Supreme Court asks government to explain stance on commercial surrogacy"Some countries like South Korea have banned it. We need to look into the larger issues involved in the petition,” Justices Ranjan Gogoi an...
26 Feb, 2015, 05.43 AM IST
Now, childless couples can hire wombs onlineThough surrogates in Chennai are paid around Rs 3 lakh, they still get a raw deal when compared to their peers in Anand, Gujarat, the count...
01 Dec, 2014, 12.03 PM IST
Govt to introduce landmark bill on surrogacyDraft ART Bill seeks to fill these gaps and addresses "ethical, legal issues related to gamete donation, surrogacy and nationality of the c...
04 Aug, 2013, 08.58 PM IST
- India must enact strict surrogacy monitoring law, say experts
Unregulated reproductive tourism industry 'procreating' surrogacy is burgeoning, with India being the first country proposing to legalise s...
07 Jul, 2013, 03.44 PM IST
- India to tighten laws on rent-a-womb surrogacy
India has finalised a draft law to regulate one of its most successful but ethically problematic "outsourcing" industries - providing surro...
05 Oct, 2008, 08.07 AM IST