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Gerard Pradeep Devnath1 , Senthil Kumaran2
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Surrogacy in India: Ethical and Legal Aspect Gerard Pradeep Devnath1 , Senthil Kumaran2
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Publisher : Institute of Medico-legal Publications Pvt Ltd

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.11505

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India has emerged as a surrogacy capital and destination for couples from different countries, in the past twodecades. Fertility clinics operating across India, offering artificial insemination, IVF and surrogacy servicesto Indian citizens and foreign couples have increased dramatically. With the boom in surrogacy, there areincreased instances of complex legal and ethical issues. Incidents of unethical practices such as exploitationof surrogate mothers, selective breeding, abandoning of children have increased. This paper highlights thevarious case scenarios in India and the timeline of various regulations brought by the government of India toregulate surrogacy services. Various guidelines and regulation bills across the period have been discussed insimple tables with the up to date surrogacy regulation bill of 2019. Issues not addressed in the recent Indianregulation have also been discussed.
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