NEW DELHI: India´s proposed law to regulate its booming surrogacy industry and curb the exploitation of impoverished Indian women could result in more foreign women being trafficked into the country to rent out their wombs, a leading expert warned on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi´s government is considering a bill to ban commercial surrogacy while allowing “altruistic” surrogacy to infertile, married Indian couples. In such cases, the surrogate must be related to the couple, and cannot accept payment.
Pinki Virani, author of “Politics Of The Womb – The Perils of IVF, Surrogacy and Modified Babies”, said the draft law, which is widely …read more
Source: The News International
