World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

SURROGACY IN INDIA: ETHICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS

Kunta Shivani*, Dr. O. Archana, V. Bindu Naga Sai Tejaswi, M. Ruchitha, K. Akshitha, Imran Naim and Wazedul Hassan

ABSTRACT

In the last twenty years, India has become a surrogacy hub and a popular destination for international couples. There are now a disproportionately large number of fertility clinics operating throughout India that provide IVF, surrogacy, and artificial insemination services to Indian and foreign couples. Increasingly difficult legal and ethical problems are occurring as surrogacy is on the rise. There have been more instances of unethical behaviour such using surrogate mothers for profit, selective breeding, and abandoning kids. In order to regulate surrogacy services, the Indian government has introduced a number of regulations over time. This paper highlights the various case studies in India and the timeline of those regulations. Simple tables have been used to discuss various policies and legislation over time, including the most recent surrogacy legislation of 2019. The practise of surrogacy was first made public in 1980 and was made legal in India in 2002. But as the year went on, the GOI became aware of some shortcomings and abuses in commercial surgery. Observing this ICMR created various measures to prevent the exploitation of surrogacy. Several changes were made to the bill over the years. The Government of India outlawed the practise of commercial surgery in 2015 and also prohibited NRIs from engaging. India was named the "World Capital of Surrogacy" and was referred to as the Cradle of the World in 2012, according to a UN survey.

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