Surrogacy In India for American couples

Hearty Congratulations to Mrs and Mr.Kenneth Sanders from Miami,FLorida on the birth of their twins,a baby boy they named Glen and a baby girl they named Emma.
the twins are doing great and so is the wonderful Surrogate mom who gave them this very precious gift.
we wish them well on their journey.

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foreign surrogate baby issued Indian passport

For the very first time in India, Hyderabad passport officials have issued a passport to an Non Resident Indian (NRI) couple’s surrogate baby

Till now, the passport guidelines did not include babies born out of surrogacy and there was a mandate for a biological declaration by the father of the baby to get a passport. This is the very first time that even surrogate babies have been given the facility of getting passports issued on their names.

In two similar cases last year, one involving a US-based Hyderabadi couple and another involving a Jamaican and American couple, who wanted surrogate babies born to Indian women

The Jamaican woman, who approached the Jamaican consulate in Delhi, was directed to the passport officer in Hyderabad. Finally, an identity certificate to the newborn surrogate baby, with a verification report, was submitted by the Hyderabad police and the woman was able to go home with her son.

“After encountering such a rare case, the Regional Passport Officer wrote to the ministry of external affairs seeking guidelines for such cases. But so far no such guidelines have been received,” an official said.

One issue that still needs to be addressed pertains to the name to be mentioned on the surrogate baby’s passport. Should it be the biological mother’s name, or should surrogacy be mentioned?

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Spanish surrogacy.

We are happy that our friends Manel and Augustin and his daughter Emma are now on their way back to Spain to be with his families.we wish them well in their future lives and are grateful to God who has chosen us and gave us the ability this remarkable profession that helps bring so much joy to the lives of families around the world

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Surrogacy provisions in the INDIAN ART draft bill.

According to draft bill provisions, no woman less than 21 years of age and over 35 years can act as a surrogate mother

Women in India cannot act as surrogates for more than three successful births, including of their own children, and it would be mandatory for surrogate mothers to have a minimum two-year interval between two deliveries to ensure they remain healthy.

These landmark provisions are part of the proposed draft Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) Bill which the government plans to bring to the Cabinet before introducing in Parliament for passage. 

The bill, a first in India's history, seeks to monitor the unregulated sector of ART clinics, which offer infertility solutions to couples at huge costs, besides preventing commercial surrogacy and safeguarding the rights of surrogate mothers and children born out of surrogacy arrangements.

An estimated 15 per cent couples worldwide are infertile, making ART services critical.

The draft ART Bill seeks to fill these gaps and addresses "ethical, legal issues related to gamete donation, surrogacy and nationality of the child born out of ART in INDIA."

The bill is significant as currently there is no supervisory body in the country under which ART clinics offering services, including surrogacy to infertile couples, can be placed and there is no system to monitor these services and ensure that surrogate mothers are well taken care of.

According to draft bill provisions, no woman less than 21 years of age and over 35 years can act as a surrogate mother.

The bill also, for the first time, states conditions for foreign couples seeking to hire surrogates in India.

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Vietnam legalises Surrogacy with a 60% vote

Vietnam is one amongst the several countries which have in the recent past legalised Surrogacy.As i had written last week kenya became one of the countries which legalised surrogacy not just for married couples but also single men and women.
in Vietnam the National Assembly deputies voted on the specific contents on surrogacy. It was approved with 59.1 percent of the vote. The ballot was held because the surrogacy content had been protested by many deputies.
The chair of the National Assembly’s Committee for Social Issues, Ms. Truong Thi Mai,  said that surrogacy is a humanitarian measure to help infertile couples have a chance to become parents. The regulations to ensure the humanitarian purposes of surrogacy and to handle disputes are assigned to the Government.

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Japan set to introduce Landmark Surrogacy Bill

Even a traditional and fairly conservative society like Japan has drafted a team to compile a bill on assisted reproduction and surrogacy.

A team of the Liberal Democratic Party has recently compiled a bill on assisted reproductive technologies. It would not only allow donations of sperm and ova from third parties for the purpose of having babies but also conditionally allow surrogate births.

The team hopes to submit the bill in the current session, but its prospect is unclear because the LDP is considering other legislation that bans surrogate births in light of the lingering opposition within the party to such births.
earlier we at Kiran infertility centre have helped several japanese Couples and single parents have a baby through our ivf and surrogacy program,however since the New MHA regulations in 2013 Japanese Commissioning parents are unable to Come to India to have a baby through surrogacy because their Government refused to give a letter of support stating that once the baby is born with the help of a surrogate mother, they will provide citizenship and  travel documents for the baby post birth.
well this requirement from the MHA,Govt. of India is a well thought out one which can prevent babies from being stuck in India post birth however it requires that the foreign country clearly state that surrogacy is legal in their own country.
 several countries have an objection to giving such a letter as even though surrogacy may not be legal in their own country they have no objection for their citizens to go abroad and have a baby through surrogacy.
like i have been saying all along,there is a new government in place and am hoping that they will make a wise decision and overturn the MHA restrictions from 2013.
full report can be read by clicking on the link below.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/06/15/editorials/plan-surrogate-births/#.U5_mzShR870

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