Surrogacy in India

10pointer15 Oct, 2022Education

10POINTER- The recent announcement by Tamil film director Vignesh and his wife, actor Nayanthara, that they had become parents to twin boys is building up into a controversy, with speculations that the couple opted for surrogacy. What is Surrogacy? Surrogacy is defined as a practice wherein one woman bears and gives birth to a child with the intention to thereafter hand it over to the intending couple, as per the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 (SRA). The SRA Act says the surrogate should be married and have a child of her own. The surrogate woman cannot be given payments, rewards, benefits or fees, except the medical expenses and such other prescribed expenses incurred on the surrogate mother and the insurance coverage for the surrogate mother.