Surrogate Mother Need Not Be Close Relative; Single Woman Can Avail Surrogacy

NEW DELHI: A 23-member parliamentary panel on the surrogacy Bill has recommended that surrogate mothers should not be restricted to ‘close relatives’ and instead any willing woman should be allowed to be so. The Rajya Sabha Select Committee has also suggested omission of a five-year time limit before seeking surrogacy and permit single women and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) to avail surrogacy removing the requirement of five years as the period of inability to conceive before opting for surrogacy. (IANS)

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