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The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea challenging the provision of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 debarring a married couple from having their second child through surrogacy if they have a surviving child biologically or ...

NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea challenging the provision of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 debarring a married couple

Thailand plans to end a near-decade old ban on foreigners availing commercial surrogacy services to boost medical tourism, and may allow gay and lesbian couples to have access to the services once the country legalizes same-sex marriages later this year.

Even today, families in India consider class, caste and genetics to be a major factor in adopting a child or forging a marital alliance. Most families don’t consider adopting a child whose parental lineage or background is unknown

SC appreciated the Centre for changing the law by allowing any one of the intending couple to undergo surrogacy using donor gametes | Latest News India

The new notification states: “In case when the District Medical Board certifies that either husband or wife constituting the intending couple suffers from medical condition necessitating use of donor gamete, then surrogacy using donor gamete is allowed.”

The Centre has amended the surrogacy rules 2022 allowing married couples to use an egg or sperm of a donor in case one of the partners is suffering from a medical condition.

The Centre has amended the surrogacy rules 2022 to allow married couples with a medical condition to use a donors egg or sperm. The District Medical Board certifies the need for a donor gamete. Single women (widow or divorcee) must use self-eggs and donor sperm.

Additionally, the advisory stated that single women (widows or divorcees) choosing surrogacy must use their own eggs and donor sperm for the surrogacy procedures

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare amended the earlier rules that stated that couples undergoing surrogacy must have both gametes from the intending couple. Heres what the new rules say.