Times of India | January 10, 2024
Following requests from the Supreme Court that surrogacy laws be reviewed in response to cases brought by several couples, the Indian government is reconsidering an amendment that bans the use of donor eggs and sperm in surrogacy arrangements.
November 21, 2023 | The Hindu
India’s High Court of Karnataka decided that surrogacy using donor gametes can’t be prohibited as a condition on the surrogacy consent form. The ruling will allow 12 petitioning couples to use donor gametes in their surrogacy arrangements.
Progress Educational Trust | September 25, 2023
With the growing global demand for surrogacy, and a narrowing range of options as countries close their doors to foreigners seeking surrogates, intended parents are finding it increasingly difficult to navigate cross-border surrogacy arrangements in an ethical way.
CBC | July 3, 2023
Italy is not alone in its efforts to ban surrogacy: the anti-surrogacy movement is rapidly gaining momentum among the newly empowered far-right parties throughout Europe, part of their broader effort to disenfranchise LGBTQ families.
The Times of India | May 16, 2023
A couple in Mumbai is challenging a recent rule change that allows only the use of gametes from intending parents for surrogacy (no donor gametes), on the grounds that the rule violates constitutional rights.
Hindustan Times | February 21, 2023
Newly approved medical boards in Delhi will allow surrogacy procedures to be undertaken without intending couples having to ask permission from court, but restrictions on surrogacy remain in place.
The Times of India | January 24, 2023
Surrogacy laws in India are caught between conflicting interests of stakeholders. The state aims to protect the surrogate from exploitation, but banning surrogacy may infringe on women’s right to reproductive autonomy and limit opportunities for parenthood.
Team MP | millenniumpost | December 8, 2022
The State Health Department in Kolkata has clarified the guidelines regulating surrogacy in India, which came into effect in January 2021. They detail the medical conditions that permit a woman to opt for surrogacy and stipulate that the intending parents must be married and fall within a particular age range.
The Hindu | November 8, 2022
Petitioners challenging India’s surrogacy law–including the ban on payment–argue that it violates the right to reproductive autonomy, which they deem a part of the right to privacy guaranteed in the Constitution. But the Indian government opposes any dilution of the law.
Naman Ramachandran | Variety | October 5, 2022
A new film, “Mariam,” follows the breadwinner of an Indian migrant family who travels to Mumbai in search of work. The title character takes on an illegal surrogate pregnancy to earn money to support her family.
