SURROGACY
ABSTRACT:
New and creative family building options are offered through the advancement of science and
medicine. For couples who are unable to bear a pregnancy effectively, surrogacy is a family
building choice. Surrogacy is an arrangement signed by the couple and the surrogate mother
to have their own infant. The woman who decides to raise a baby for someone else is a
surrogate. After the child is born, the mother gives the planned parent or parents’ custody and
guardianship. The law and medical measures to be taken are complicated. The process must
be kept informed, professional advice sought and networks established. Since 2002,
surrogacy in India has become popular as a surrogacy centre since its own journey from India
to the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020, which for many will limit the choice of surrogacy.
INTRODUCTION:
The word surrogate is derived from the word subrogate in Latin, which means substitution.
The surrogate mother is identified under section 2(zf) of the surrogacy bill 2020, surrogate
mother implies a woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a child in order to give
this child to the intended couple is mentioned under section 2(r) of surrogacy bill 2020, i.e.
means a couple who have been medically certified to be an infertile couple who wish to
become parents by surrogacy; as surrogacy is referred to in section 2 (zc). Usually referred to
as the "intended" or "commissioning" parents. Surrogacy is an important fertility procedure in
which the advent of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) has made it possible for women without uterus
to have motherhood, with pre-uterine abnormalities or having other contraindications for
pregnancy, by using an embryo produced by itself or by a donor and transferred to the
gestational carrier uterus.
HISTORICAL GROUNDS OF SURROGACY:
In the story of Sarah and Abraham, the first mention of surrogacy can be found in "The Book
of Genesis." Sarah and Abraham were married, but they were unable to conceive their own
child, so Sarah turned to Hagar, her servant, to be the mother of Abraham's child. In this
scenario, the surrogate uses her own egg for the infant she's bearing for her intended parents.
While Sarah was not related to the baby biologically, both she and Abraham declared the
infant to be their own. The notion of substitution is also found in Hindu mythology, as
Balram is considered to be the son of Mother Devaki and the elder brother of Lord Krishna,
despite being born from the womb of Rohini. Reproductive services have been given for a fee
from the middle Ages to modern times.
1884: The first successful, but ethically dubious artificial insemination of a woman has been
achieved. This paved the way for possible artificial inseminations used in the process of
substitutes.
1975: first IVF embryo transmission has succeeded.
