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LOOPHOLES<br />
IN THE LAW<br />
Though a good initiative,<br />
the Surrogacy Bill that was<br />
passed in the lower house<br />
of the Indian parliament is<br />
lacking in many respects,<br />
say experts<br />
In a significant development, Lok<br />
Sabha recently passed the muchawaited<br />
Surrogacy (Regulation)<br />
Bill 2016, which bans commercial<br />
surrogacy in the country. The<br />
Surrogacy Bill was introduced in<br />
Lok Sabha in 2016 with an aim<br />
to regulate surrogacy in India and<br />
protect women from exploitation. The<br />
bill is now in the Rajya Sabha for its<br />
ratification. The government move<br />
to ban commercial surrogacy in the<br />
country came after reports of misuse<br />
of women and campaigns against<br />
commercial surrogacy by various<br />
organizations.<br />
India emerged as a favourite<br />
surrogacy hub for couples across<br />
the world over the years. There<br />
were several incidents of unethical<br />
practices, exploitation of surrogate<br />
mothers, abandonment of children<br />
born out of surrogacy and import<br />
of human embryos and gametes.<br />
The Law Commission of India had<br />
also recommended the prohibition<br />
of commercial surrogacy through<br />
legislation as lack of legislation<br />
had resulted in a huge increase in<br />
commercial surrogacy and widespread<br />
unethical practices in the area of<br />
surrogacy. The bill, which proposed<br />
62 / FUTURE MEDICINE / <strong>FEBRUARY</strong> <strong>2019</strong>
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