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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicCommercial surrogacy

Topic: Commercial surrogacy

What led SC to make an exception and allow a woman to use donor eggs for surrogacy

Bhadra Sinha -
Supreme Court stayed operation of Rule 7 — which bans use of donor eggs — of Surrogacy (Regulation) Act for a woman suffering from a rare disorder that affects female reproductive system.

Govt tells SC why it won’t change surrogacy law — ‘given societal norms, law in its current form appropriate’

Bhadra Sinha -
In an affidavit before SC, govt says several provisions like ban on commercial surrogacy need no alteration. Petitioner's lawyer says govt affidavit 'not based on sound reasoning'.

‘Bhade ki kokh’ — how traffickers from North Bengal earn lakhs from illegal surrogacy

Madhuparna Das -
Girls from tea garden areas are being trafficked and forced into surrogacy. A ban on commercial surrogacy under the new law, say experts, may help the illegal practice prosper.

Commercial surrogacy: Prone to misuse or should be allowed with regulations?

ThePrint Team -
The Narendra Modi government Monday reintroduced the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha.

Restricting surrogacy to relatives won’t work, doctors say as bill is tabled in Lok Sabha

Himani Chandna -
The bill aims to ban ‘commercial’ surrogacy, or paying a woman to carry a baby for 9 months, and restrict the practice to blood relatives.

Modi govt reintroduces bill in Lok Sabha to ban commercial surrogacy

PTI -
The bill states a woman should be allowed to act as a surrogate only once and be a close relative who is married and has a child of her own.

‘Welfare’ not ‘vikas’ will be Modi’s slogan for 2019, says media

Simrin Sirur -
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