NEW DELHI, Oct 28:
The Centre today said that surrogacy will be allowed only for Indian couples and not foreigners. “The Government does not support commercial surrogacy. ‘’No foreigners can avail surrogacy services in India,” the Central Government said in an affidavit in the Supreme Court.
The Government also told the apex court that the import of embryos for commercial surrogacy should be banned except for research and other purposes. The top court is expected to take up the matter again on 24th November.
A penalty has also been proposed on couples refusing to take custody of a surrogate child born with disabilities . A petition in the Supreme Court stated that this unregulated business exploits poor women. It sought a halt to the import of human embryos for commercial purposes.
The court earlier this month had ordered the Union Government to find out ways and means for regulating the industry.
The affidavit further stated that couples who fail to take custody of of child born with disabilities or any other unnatural conditions or diseases through the process of surrogacy will be penalised. The Government has stated that it does not support commercial surrogacy. (UNI)
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