Surrogacy in India

Sheeba and Jacob from Dubai and Marcelo from Brasil were blessed with children last week with the helps of our surrogacy program.
i met one of the parents today and they were very very happy.they have been trying since several years to have a baby.
it feels good to work in a profession where all parties involved are benefitted and you can make abig difference to the lives of others on a daily basis but sadly the Indian Government does not seem to have a mind of its own when it comes to most matters and the same is with International surrogacy and seems to be dictated by what the foreign press and lobby have to say.
apparently the prime minister of India was also told by his belgian counterpart that members from EU countries should not be allowed surrogacy in INDIA.
the good news is that Elections are all in full swing and i hope that this Puppet government is thrown out of power and Narendra Modi who has a strong will ,a mind of his own and a vision for development and growth and is known to have a favour

able stand on surrogacy become Prime Minister!!the whole of India needs him and even though i have cases lined up on voting day i will get up earlier than usual at 5 am and go and vote first and then go and work!!

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So Dissapointing!! i just could not get out of bed after i read this!!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sudan-nationals-surrogacy-plea-rejected/articleshow/34133759.cms

CHANDIGARH: Upholding the ministry of home affairs' guidelines restricting single foreign nationals and unmarried couples from coming on medical visas to India for having kids through surrogacy, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday refused to give any relief to a Sudanese national.

A division bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul passed the order relying on the Central government's reply that guidelines issued by the MHA in July 2012 under the Foreigners Act regarding regulation on surrogacy in India shall prevail over other any similar guidelines issues earlier.

The central government also informed the HC that the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill-2010 has been drafted by the Union ministry of health and it would be finalized with the formation of new government at Centre. The bill would regulate the surrogacy in the country.

The bench has disposed of the petition filed by Sudanese national Shihabeldin, a bachelor who wanted to become a single parent through surrogacy in India.

He had filed a petition before the HC saying that he wanted to become a single parent through a surrogacy arrangement and contacted a Chandigarh-based medical institution on June 29, 2013. But he was not allowed to do so following the guidelines from MHA issued on July 9, 2012 limiting the facility to married couples.

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Presenting India's first Surrogacy Walk in New Delhi on 20/4/2014!!

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.

Through the practice of INSTAR members, members will demonstrate that surrogates are able to make informed decisions’, supported by their families and are proud of their role in building and strengthening families

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Welcome to the ' Stock' Market !!

Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for.  Rs 10 .

The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them .

The man bought thousands at Rs 10 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort .

He further announced that he would now buy at Rs 20 .

This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again .

Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms .

The offer rate increased to Rs 25 and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!

The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at Rs 50!

However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on behalf of him .

In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers .

Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected .

I will sell them to you at Rs 35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell it to him for Rs 50 . '

The villagers squeezed up with all their savings and bought all the monkeys .
Then they never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere

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THE CONFUSED NATION THAT WE ARE....

THE CONFUSED NATION THAT WE ARE... 

 
A policeman kills a leopard that is actually attacking a villager, and instead of being felicitated he is booked for the crime of saving a human being at the insistence of some Wildlife Organisations.

A nation where:
* Rice is Rs.40/- per kg and SIM Card is free.
* Where a pizza you have ordered reaches home faster than an ambulance or police, even if you were being murdered or having a heart attack!!!

A nation where: 
* A car loan is charged at 5% but 
Education loan, so necessary for our youth is charged an interest of 12%.

A nation where: 
* Students with 45% get into elite institutions through the quota system, and
* Those with 90% are sent away because of merit.

A nation where: 
* A millionaire buys a cricket team, spending crores instead of donating the money to any charity. 

A nation where: 
* Two IPL teams were auctioned at 3300 crores, 
* Yet we a poor country where millions don't get two square meals per day. 

A country where: 
* Ordinary salary tax payer is punished/fined for error in paying little less in tax, 
* But the IPL collecting thousands of crores has not paid any income tax  
and no body has any issue about it. 

A country where:
* Footwear is sold in AC showrooms, 
* But the vegetables we eat, are sold on the footpath and very often next to garbage dumps.

Its a strange nation we live in, 
* Where assembly complex buildings get ready within a year, while 
* Public bridges, flyovers and sea links take several years even to get off the drawing board, and another decade to be completed.
* We have malls, and sky-rises, with slums forming their boundary wall.

A country where:
* Men and women squat on railway tracks, with no where else to go, while * Watching them from windows, are couples (just 'Two') with three bathrooms and one for the guests.

A country where:
* Politicians who are supposed to serve the people accept money from the same people they are supposed to serve, and then 
* Take a salary from the government for their services to these people.

We are a nation:
* Where we talk in hushed whispers about the corruption in the country and then
* Dig into our pockets to bribe a cop when we are caught cutting a red light.

A country: 
* Where to get small service in Govt. needs a minimum qualification of graduation, but 
* No qualification is required to run the same Govt. (get elected!). 

A country: 
Where our soldiers defending our borders, when jailed by neighbouring  countries,are tortured & not even provided proper food/ facilities, but 
The militants from across the borders when in our jails are served  biryani on demand. 

Think about it & Why can't we do something about it.

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Beautiful letter written by a father to his son 👌

A lot of Folks especially Men have difficulties in connecting and relating to their old Men,.for some reason i like so many of my colleagues/Friends have felt that Dad's are more lenient when it comes to their Daughter's and the opposite when it comes to their Son's.after reading the letter below i can understand why!!


Following is a letter to his son from a renowned Hong Kong TV
broadcaster cum Child Psychologist.
The words are actually applicable to all of us, young or old, children
or parents.!

Dear son ,

I am writing this to you because of 3 reasons

1. Life, fortune and mishaps are unpredictable, nobody knows how long
he lives. Some words are better said early.

2. I am your father, and if I don't tell you these, no one else will.

3. What is written is my own personal bitter experiences that perhaps
could save you a lot of unnecessary heartaches. Remember the following
as you go through life



1. Do not bear grudge towards those who are not good to you. No one
has the responsibility of treating you well, except your mother and I.

To those who are good to you, you have to treasure it and be thankful,
and ALSO you have to be cautious, because, everyone has a motive for
every move. When a person is good to you, it does not mean he really
likes you. You have to be careful, don't hastily regard him as a real
friend.

2. No one is indispensable, nothing is in the world that you must possess.

Once you understand this idea, it would be easier for you to go
through life when people around you don't want you anymore, or when
you lose what/who you love most.

3.Life is short.

When you waste your life today, tomorrow you would find that life is
leaving you. The earlier you treasure your life, the better you enjoy
life.

4.Love is but a transient feeling, and this feeling would fade with
time and with one's mood. If your so called loved one leaves you, be
patient, time will wash away your aches and sadness.

Don't over exaggerate the beauty and sweetness of love, and don't over
exaggerate the sadness of falling out of love.

5.A lot of successful people did not receive a good education, that
does not mean that you can be successful by not studying hard!
Whatever knowledge you gain is your weapon in life.

One can go from rags to riches, but one has to start from some rags!

6.I do not expect you to financially support me when I am old,
neither  would I financially support your whole life. My
responsibility as a supporter ends when you are grown up.

After that, you decide whether  you want to travel in a public
transport or in your limousine,  rich or poor.

7.You honour your words, but don't expect others to be so.

You can be good to people, but don't expect people to be good to you.
If you don't understand this, you would end up with unnecessary
troubles.

8. I have bought lotteries for umpteen years, but I never strike any
prize. That shows if you want to be rich, you have to work hard!

There is no free lunch!

9. No matter  c much time I have with you, let's treasure the time we
have together. We do not know if we would meet again in our next life.

Your Dad

Regards

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New draft may allow surrogacy to all including unmarried couples and those in live-in relationships!!

Finally!!after trying very very very hard!!speaking to a lot of Officals at all levels and spending more time visiting offices than at the clinic!!there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel!!
please see below the breaking news!!

New Delhi: Aimed at regulating surrogacy in India, the Assisted Reproductive Technology (regulation) Bill is all set to be finalised soon. The Union health ministry will hold a two-day consultation with all the stakeholders, including the Planning Commission this week.
The Planning Commission has so far been apprehensive about the proposed draft of the Bill finalised by the health ministry. Officials in the health ministry are aiming now to finalise the draft Bill so that it can be introduced in the Parliament without any further delay.
The Bill was first drafted five years ago. While the health ministry was considering to approach the law ministry for amending the draft, the Planning Commission raised objections over the proposed bill and asked the ministry to consult them before the final draft is sent to the law ministry.
“The ART Bill that aims to regulate surrogacy in the country has been delayed since 2008 when the first draft was prepared. It was revised in 2010 but is yet to get a final approval from the law ministry,” an official said.
It is, however, learnt that the new draft may allow surrogacy to all including unmarried couples and those in live-in relationships.

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140414/nation-current-affairs/article/assisted-reproductive-technology-bill-set-be-finalised

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