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surrogacy

the role of a woman who is paid to bear a child by a married couple unable to have children themselves. The Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985 as amended prohibits commercial agencies from engaging women to act as surrogate mothers. Surrogacy contracts are unenforceable and payment may only be made to the surrogate mother of reasonable expenses.

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But now the Indian government plans to present a bill in parliament next month, called the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Bill, which effectively stops foreigners from availing surrogacy services in India.

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In order to inform that legislation, the Article explores regulations in the United States and South Africa and argues that, given the unique political economy of Indian surrogacy and the commercial nature of the surrogacy market, broader labor protections are required to undergird the current private contract regime.

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Chanbua denies this claim and said her doctors, the surrogacy agency and the baby's parents knew the boy had Down Syndrome when she was four months pregnant, and at the seventh month the agency, at the parents' request, asked her to abort the disabled fetus.