Surrogacy may be limited to childless Indians

Dhananjay Mahapatra

New Delhi:





A day after deciding to ban commercial surrogacy , the Centre on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it was inalising a legislation to al ow surrogacy only to child ess Indian couples and address the finer points, ncluding parental rights over surrogate child, linked to the sensitive issue. Solicitor general Ranjit Kumar informed a bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and N V Ramana about the government's decision to restrain foreign couples from using Indian surrogate mothers for having a child and requested for two weeks' time to file an affidavit detailing the notifications issued on this issue.
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