In 2018, a 64-year-old man was arrested by Hyderabad police for harassing a woman he had hired to be the surrogate mother of his future child. In 2019, Alipore, Kolkata, police arrested a woman and a doctor, allegedly involved in a surrogacy racket.
The earlier bill of 2019 defined commercial surrogacy as surrogacy or its related procedures undertaken for monetary benefit or reward (in cash or kind) exceeding the basic medical expenses and insurance coverage.
The Bill further proposes to regulate surrogacy by establishing a National Surrogacy Board at the central level and State Surrogacy Board and appropriate authorities in states and Union Territories respectively. The 2020 Bill allows a “willing woman”
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