A draft bill which aims to safeguard the rights of surrogate mothers and make parentage of such children legal was on Wednesday Aug 24,2016 cleared by the Union Cabinet.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said the new bill proposes a complete ban on commercial surrogacy. Only legally-wedded Indian couples will be allowed to have children through surrogacy while foreigners and OCI card holders will be barred," Swaraj said.
Unmarried couples, single parents, live-in partners and homosexuals also cannot opt for surrogacy as per the new bill.
According to the Health Ministry proposal, the draft Surrogacy Bill, 2016 aims at regulating commissioning of surrogacy in the country in a proper manner
To prevent exploitation of women, especially those in rural and tribal areas, the government has prohibited foreigners from commissioning surrogacy in the country and has drafted this comprehensive legislation
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