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Why Italy Passed New Law Banning Surrogacy, Calling It "Universal Crime"
The Italian Senate recently passed a law making surrogacy a "universal crime". In a country where surrogacy is already illegal, and has been since 2004, this decision takes restrictions to a whole new level.
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Opinion: New Surrogacy Rules Offer Hope, Though Scope Can Be Widened
The new rules allow the use of a donor gamete if one of the partners is certified of having a medical condition that prevents the use of his or her gametes. But they still bar unmarried women from taking the surrogacy route to have children.
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"Which Law Gives Legitimacy To Child Born Outside Formal Marriage?" Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday sought to know which law gives legitimacy to children born outside a formal marriage, be it void or voidable.
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Nobody Wants India To Become "Industry Of Renting Womb": Delhi High Court On Surrogacy
The Delhi High Court Friday said the law regulating the procedure of surrogacy is intended to curb the exploitation of surrogates and no one wants India to become an "industry of renting a womb".
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Petition Challenges 'Unmarried' Provision Of Surrogacy Law, Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Reply
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a petition for quashing a provision of the surrogacy law which bars single unmarried women from having children through surrogacy.
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Excluding Infertile Couples From Surrogacy Violates Rights: Delhi High Court
The exclusion of "infertile couples" from the benefit of surrogacy prima facie violates their basic right to parenthood as it denies them access to legally and medically regulated procedures and services, the Delhi High Court said.
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Why Single, Unmarried Women Left Out Of Surrogacy Law? Delhi High Court Asks Centre
The Delhi High Court asked the Centre on Monday to explain the exclusion of single and unmarried women from availing the benefits of the surrogacy procedure under the law.
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Same-Sex Couples Not Allowed Services Under Surrogacy Law: Centre To Supreme Court
Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that live-in partners and same-sex couples cannot be allowed to avail of services under the surrogacy law.
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Centre Clarifies On Surrogacy Law In Supreme Court
The Centre has clarified in the Supreme Court that the surrogacy law says a surrogate mother may not be genetically related to the child born through the process.
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Russia To Bar Foreigners From Using Its Surrogate Mothers: Lawmaker
Russia will soon adopt a law barring foreigners from using Russian surrogate mothers, Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house of parliament said on Sunday, the nation's Mother's Day.
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Actor Nayanthara, Husband Did Not Break Surrogacy Law, Says Tamil Nadu
Nayanthara and her director husband Vignesh Shivan were today given a clean chit by the Tamil Nadu health department in the case pertaining to violation of surrogacy rules. The couple recently announced that they became to twin boys.
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After New Law, Can't Allow Mumbai Couple To Go On With Surrogacy: Hospital
A private hospital on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that all IVF procedures were not surrogacy procedures, and it could not let a couple from the city carry on with the process in light of the new act that prohibits commercial surrogacy.
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Surrogacy Regulation Bill Passed In Lok Sabha: 10 Points
The surrogacy bill that was introduced in Lok Sabha in 2016 was passed today amid noisy protests by Congress and AIADMK parliamentarians over other issues. The bill bans commercial surrogacy and only allows it among close relatives. The proposed law allows surrogacy for couples that cannot have children. Health Minister JP Nadda said the aim of the...
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Hyderabad Raid Shows What Happens To Surrogate Mothers Post-delivery
Legal and medical aides are provided to the surrogate mothers but much of it remains on paper only. The health conditions of surrogate mothers can deteriorate if they don't receive timely medical and sanitary facilities.
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Proposed Surrogacy Law Raises Trafficking Risk For Foreign Women, Warns Author Pinki Virani
New Delhi: The proposed law to regulate the surrogacy industry and curb the exploitation of women could result in more foreign women being trafficked into the country to rent out their wombs, a leading expert warned on Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is considering a bill to ban commercial surrogacy while allowing “altruistic...
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Why Italy Passed New Law Banning Surrogacy, Calling It "Universal Crime"
The Italian Senate recently passed a law making surrogacy a "universal crime". In a country where surrogacy is already illegal, and has been since 2004, this decision takes restrictions to a whole new level.
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Opinion: New Surrogacy Rules Offer Hope, Though Scope Can Be Widened
The new rules allow the use of a donor gamete if one of the partners is certified of having a medical condition that prevents the use of his or her gametes. But they still bar unmarried women from taking the surrogacy route to have children.
-
"Which Law Gives Legitimacy To Child Born Outside Formal Marriage?" Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday sought to know which law gives legitimacy to children born outside a formal marriage, be it void or voidable.
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Nobody Wants India To Become "Industry Of Renting Womb": Delhi High Court On Surrogacy
The Delhi High Court Friday said the law regulating the procedure of surrogacy is intended to curb the exploitation of surrogates and no one wants India to become an "industry of renting a womb".
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Petition Challenges 'Unmarried' Provision Of Surrogacy Law, Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Reply
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a petition for quashing a provision of the surrogacy law which bars single unmarried women from having children through surrogacy.
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Excluding Infertile Couples From Surrogacy Violates Rights: Delhi High Court
The exclusion of "infertile couples" from the benefit of surrogacy prima facie violates their basic right to parenthood as it denies them access to legally and medically regulated procedures and services, the Delhi High Court said.
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Why Single, Unmarried Women Left Out Of Surrogacy Law? Delhi High Court Asks Centre
The Delhi High Court asked the Centre on Monday to explain the exclusion of single and unmarried women from availing the benefits of the surrogacy procedure under the law.
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Same-Sex Couples Not Allowed Services Under Surrogacy Law: Centre To Supreme Court
Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that live-in partners and same-sex couples cannot be allowed to avail of services under the surrogacy law.
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Centre Clarifies On Surrogacy Law In Supreme Court
The Centre has clarified in the Supreme Court that the surrogacy law says a surrogate mother may not be genetically related to the child born through the process.
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Russia To Bar Foreigners From Using Its Surrogate Mothers: Lawmaker
Russia will soon adopt a law barring foreigners from using Russian surrogate mothers, Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house of parliament said on Sunday, the nation's Mother's Day.
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Actor Nayanthara, Husband Did Not Break Surrogacy Law, Says Tamil Nadu
Nayanthara and her director husband Vignesh Shivan were today given a clean chit by the Tamil Nadu health department in the case pertaining to violation of surrogacy rules. The couple recently announced that they became to twin boys.
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After New Law, Can't Allow Mumbai Couple To Go On With Surrogacy: Hospital
A private hospital on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that all IVF procedures were not surrogacy procedures, and it could not let a couple from the city carry on with the process in light of the new act that prohibits commercial surrogacy.
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Surrogacy Regulation Bill Passed In Lok Sabha: 10 Points
The surrogacy bill that was introduced in Lok Sabha in 2016 was passed today amid noisy protests by Congress and AIADMK parliamentarians over other issues. The bill bans commercial surrogacy and only allows it among close relatives. The proposed law allows surrogacy for couples that cannot have children. Health Minister JP Nadda said the aim of the...
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Hyderabad Raid Shows What Happens To Surrogate Mothers Post-delivery
Legal and medical aides are provided to the surrogate mothers but much of it remains on paper only. The health conditions of surrogate mothers can deteriorate if they don't receive timely medical and sanitary facilities.
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Proposed Surrogacy Law Raises Trafficking Risk For Foreign Women, Warns Author Pinki Virani
New Delhi: The proposed law to regulate the surrogacy industry and curb the exploitation of women could result in more foreign women being trafficked into the country to rent out their wombs, a leading expert warned on Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is considering a bill to ban commercial surrogacy while allowing “altruistic...
