Analysis of Surrogacy Regulations in India: Rules, Challenges and Future Changes

The term surrogacy implies a condition wherein, a woman called a surrogate gives birth to a child for another couple or intended parents. The use of surrogacy to avail a child has become popular in today's time, with increase in infertility rates among couples around the world, the wish to have a child at an older age and also homsexual couples need to opt for a child. With this increasing demand for surrogacy, several nations have laws that regulate surrogacy, according to the social norms that prevail in those countries and to avoid exploitation of surrogates. The paper below analyses the surrogacy regulations in India, the changes required and the future challenges.