India Stiffens Surrogacy Laws
Formerly loose surrogacy laws in India have led to mistreatment, high costs and other widespread issues in infertility treatment. Indian parliament has chosen to tighten laws revolving surrogacy. The process now requires infertile couples to hire a lawyer and a doctor and seek out such practices at a semen bank instead of an infertility specialist.
India's increasing fears of foreigners enticing poverty stricken women to carry their children for cheap will now be diminished; couples from overseas must now legally register at their respective Embassies before proceeding with the infertility treatments.
These new regulations aid in the protection of the surrogate mothers and the possible chance of the couple prematurely backing out. The laws entail that the couple and surrogate mother sign a contract as well as agree upon insurance measures in case of an unfavorable outcome. The precautions have been put in place to add credibility and viability to infertility treatments in India, and provide both parties with adequate and necessary insurances and security.
The outcry against the new laws is coming from the fertility specialists, because the surrogacy changed its allocation to semen banks. Some are worried that since semen banks are used solely for sperm donors, the level of expertise is compromised.
Regardless of who is the agent in the surrogacy deal, the entirety of the process is much safer and significantly more reliable because now a lawyer, the embassy (if necessary), a doctor and semen bank are all actively involved in the treatment.
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Posted by Tala on 10/1/2008 10:44:37 AM
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