Outsource Everything To India. So Why Not Hire a Womb for Pregnancy Legal
Posted: Thursday, January 27, 2011
by Gaurav Virk
Human Rghts Online
Recently, an infertile couple U.S. visited India. Doctor asked why they came to India? Is America running out of healthy uterus, too? He said that if they can outsource everything to India. So why not outsource a uterus for pregnancy to India.
Indian government plans to make industry surrogacy (renting a uterus for pregnancy) is perfectly legal for both Indian and foreign couples wishing to surrogacy in the India. Renting a uterus (surrogacy) is a method of reproduction whereby a woman agrees to become pregnant and give birth to a contracting party. If a woman is unable to conceive naturally and/or carry a pregnancy, the embryo may be placed in the uterus of another woman for gestation.
As in the Bill of assisted reproductive technology for surrogacy should be tabled in Parliament next session, the Bank accredited with reproductive technology will maintain a database of potential substitutes and store sperm and ova, and full details of the donor womb.
Illegal lease uterus for pregnancy for infertile couples has been a major industry in vitro fertilization for the rental of the uterus has begun in India. "But it will put an end to harassment to infertile couples and fear of illegal. Infertile couples do not have to go hunting for the surrogate mother to rent a womb for pregnancy. The womb bank gets a uterus hire for you during pregnancy. Therefore, the infertile couples will have all the information about origins and medical history of rented women before hiring her breast and uterus, "said Dr. RS Sharma, deputy director general of Indian Council of Medical Research, who was involved in the process of preparation of Bill Surrogacy to rent a womb.
These banks of the uterus of women for surrogacy industry during pregnancy - both private and government - will be accredited by the Board of Directors of the State. The board will also be a registration authority that maintains a list of all centers offering surrogate mothers womb rental and monitor their operation. "Until now, India has no law on surrogacy pregnancy and the rental of the uterus, but this illegal industry is booming. Recently many unfortunate infertile couples have to face more mental torture and lot money to middleman in illegal contracts.
Experts say that once the uterus bank lease is in place, it will maintain a database of surrogate mothers for pregnancy. A woman is entitled to five live births, including children. "We have seen that poor women rent their womb several awards. This has a detrimental effect on their body and uterus. The new draft law clearly states that a woman can not have more than five live births and fertilized eggs donated more than six times in his life.
Outsourcing bear all costs of the surrogate mother during the gestation period of the uterus rented, the couple may also offer monetary compensation for it. The terms of this agreement will be left to the infertile couples and the offer to hire a surrogate uterus for pregnancy legal
The bill proposes strict rules for foreigners seeking surrogate mothers for the rental of the uterus during pregnancy. It will be obligatory for foreigners to present two certificates - one on the politics of their countries on surrogacy and the other indicating that the child born to a surrogate mother in the uterus of the lease will be to obtain the citizenship of their country. "They must also appoint a local guardian who will take care of the surrogate mother during the gestation period of the rented uterus for pregnancy
Gaurav Virk, the author has a strong motivation to support human-rights and publish research on rights articles worldwide info. He have just completed Master Degree in Computer Applications (MCA) and and is busy in setting Company EWARE WEBSOLUTIONS PVT ltd near Chandigarh,India. He plans to offer research on website designs and solutions. He is also in search of good entrepreneur from America, who is interested to setup partnership in India
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Top-level comments on this article: (4 total)I think it's fine to ask somebody else to carry your child if you can't fall pregnant, but when it becomes big business it bothers me, for some reason. I know it means that better regulations are put in place, which is good. Perhaps it's the title - rent a uterus - which makes something that is really very beautiful, personal and private sound kind of sordid...in-vitro fertilization / reproductive technology by using uterus of another woman is advance medical treatment available for infertile couples .It is available in all good hospitals of west and lately in India also.
Perhapes availability of uterus of donour women is limited in west, so infertile couples have no option other then renting it whereever available and it make it business.
In india,this illegal business is carried out by some leading private in-vitro fertilization centers, encouraged forigners by hiring poor but healthy women. For foreigners availing this facility ,the citizenship of new borne become involved. It become illegal.Many foreigners couple are in litigation for their child. Until social organisation in west help their infertile couple, they have no option but have child through industry surrogacy .
It is very interesting Gaurav. With our country filled with lobbyists like Nira Radia, definitely they could make a lot of money. :-) On the other hand, yea it's a good concept, but I will only have to question the genuineness of this whole outsourcing idea. Doesn't seem to be a very smooth process.Drunken Mystic, 2 to 4% people of world are infertile. Infertility in west people is more as they drink and perserved food which carry more chemical and salts.
While a woman is unable to conceive naturally and/or carry a pregnancy, the technonlogy to place embryo in the uterus of another woman for gestation is avalable now. But in India,this techolonoly is cheapest and best available in India and is for India people. But infertile couple from west are attracted to India. This make it illegal trade. To protect the interest of surrogate mother and natinalty of child borne in other country, this law is coming up . Many people of west also visit India for adoption, and we have already law on it to avoid it as illegal business.
The more you ban anything, the more it flourish as illegal business and create black money. As India is closed economy with high tax, resulting India money is flourishing in Tax havens, as you mention Nira Radia.I am not certainly out for a ban, but when the people in the government themselves are misusing the law, what do you do to stop them? Look at Raja enjoying the benefits of breaking into the treasury. Surrogacy is a very good thing and certainly it has paved the way for many infertile mothers. You do make a good explanation here. We must be careful that adultery doesn't set into this as well. There were cases of surrogacy where, mothers were not willing to let go of their surrogate babies. One German father had to file a lawsuit to take his twin babies back with him. One must look into these issues.Drunken Mystic, you have rightly pointed out why this law of surrogacy is actment. And also that many people in the government of India are corrupt and has been abusing surrogacy illegal, as the father German referred.
Nice article Gaurav. I think the main reason for outsourcing this service to India is pretty much the same as for other outsourced jobs. The price. I think as is witnessed by the population explosion in both countries that fertility rate is not an issue which is of major concern, but rather the price of the pregnancy given your medical care costs and cost of living. Also what may be contributing to the upsurge in this area is the high rate of extortion after carrying the baby to term. Even with a contract the babies mother can not be compelled by the court to give up her parental rights leading to the negotiations of higher costs to get custodial rights to the child.Sir,David Levitt,I do appreciate your comments.Thanks.
Hi Gaurav.Legislating it as a business makes sense in that the surrogate mothers will undoubtedly get better treatment than they might otherwise. Though why you wouldn't want to treat the woman carrying your child well, I can't imagine. Even so, I'm sure a fair number of them get treated badly. But it just seems a bit odd making a business out of it. If there were simply an agency that put willing women (who do it for love and not money) in contact with those needing a surrogate, I'd be more comfortable with it. I guess it's the whole money thing, like accepting money for sexual intercourse.Hugs, DianneDianne Lehmann, I do apprecite your comments.
surrogacy for love is always good thing.It is through social organistion their respective countries. It is rarely performed for unknown strangers. Surrogacy as business for foreigner or own people is simply prostitution.I agree.
surrogacy for foreign involve the problem of citizenship of a child , The act is perhapes to solve this ploblem.
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