India takes a global role in Third Party Reproduction with
INSTAR (Indian Society for Third Party Assisted Reproduction) hosting two
National events on the 20th of April.
We would like to cordially invite you to the INSTAR
Walk on Surrogacy on 20th April at 730 am to 830 am at Nehru Stadium New Delhi
followed by a stimulating Workshop with
leaders in the field from the legal, medical and government sector sharing the
latest up to date information, clarifying questions
The Surrogacy Walk is a first for India, approx 500 people
including surrogate mothers, their husbands, their extended family members and
doctors lawyers social workers and the ART Banks are participating THEME
SURROGACY BUILDS FAMILIES
This walk challenges the notion that Surrogate mothers are
abandoned by their families and their husbands as they are doing surrogacy. It
challenges the notion that the family looks down upon surrogate mothers.
This walk demonstrates that in fact the husbands and family
members of Surrogate Mothers have come out in their support -- You can
interview our participants for opinions
A Preliminary Survey done by INSTAR with 7 organisations in
India in New Delhi, Gujrat, Hyderabad (Dr Bavishi Fertility Institute, Fertility
Care India and SCI Healthcare, International Fertility Center, Kiran
Infertility Centre, NGO Amma, ANA Med ART Bank and Services, New Life India ART
Bank) on 179 surrogate mothers has asked the question about the surrogate
mother's husbands views and her family's views on her being a surrogate mother
The most common answer was "Accha" which means
good (Details of the survey are available on request)
In an outpouring of support parents with abbies born in
India by Surrogacy from Acress the GLOBE USA UK BrAZIL CANADA AUSTRALIA etc
have sent video messages for SUPPORT of their Surrogate MOTHERS and the
SURROGACY WALK
The WORKSHOP will be attended by Dr Ranjana Kumari from the
Centre for Social Research and Dr Sharma From the Indian Council of Medical
Research and International Embassies of over 20 countries have also been
invited
ART Banks of Indian origin, Caucasian origin and African
Origin Egg donors will give their views - for The first time in India.
According to the Banks the problems that arise are due to a minority of
unscruplous elements claiming to be ART Banks. This is done to cut costs of
treatment as they dont have complete paperwork etc. Only registered
Companies who have applied for registration with the ICMR should be used by
doctors and patients, this will go a long way in reducing the problems.
Standardised Documentation for Surrogacy will be given -
this is for reference purpose and has been vetted by Legal and Medical Experts
in the Relevant field and is in LOCAL Language and is an extension of the ICMR
guidelines especially for post delivery care of the surrogate mothers and
counselling for the process
A Survey cum Consensus STATEMENT will be presented in the
CONFERENCE on 21st of April - Relating to the field of Egg donation with
atleast 200 participants including Doctors ART Banks legal Experts and
Counsellors and Social workers
All
members of INSTAR are proud of the work of ICMR in bringing together National
guidelines for ART that will guide practice across India in Third Party
Reproduction routing out disreputable parties and “middle men”. INSTAR members’
stand with ICMR in creating an Indian voice demonstrating best practice in
being one of the few countries in the world with consistent guidelines for both
ART; Third Party Reproduction and compensated surrogacy.
