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Bengaluru psychiatrist sentenced to 10 years for abducting, selling newborn

Rashmi Shashikumar, a resident of Bengaluru's Nagarbhavi, was also fined ₹1 lakh by Judge C B Santosh.

The convict, who had been out on bail, was present in court when the verdict was delivered on February 19.

cities

Updated on Feb 28, 2025 07:44 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Supreme Court to examine age limit in India's surrogacy laws

The 2021 surrogacy laws set age limits that the intended mother must be between 23 and 50 years of age.

A bench comprising Justices B V Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma asked the Centre to file its written submissions in the case.(HT File)

india news

Published on Jan 07, 2025 05:19 PM IST

PTI |

Chinese social media reels over young woman's illegal surrogacy case

CHINA-SURROGACY:Chinese social media reels over young woman's illegal surrogacy case

world news

Published on Nov 14, 2024 06:34 AM IST

Reuters |

China surrogacy abandonment case being investigated after online criticism

ASIA-POPULATION/CHINA-SURROGACY:China surrogacy abandonment case being investigated after online criticism

world news

Published on Nov 01, 2024 06:54 AM IST

Reuters |

Odisha govt announces maternity, paternity leaves for surrogate parents

In July this year, the Orissa high court had ruled that surrogate mothers deserve equal maternity leave, emphasising the importance of early caregiving for child development.

Surrogacy is a method of assisted reproductive technology wherein a woman carries and gives birth to a child for another person or couple. (HT File Photo)

cities

Updated on Sep 27, 2024 02:12 PM IST

ByDebabrata Mohanty

Surrogacy linked to higher risk of severe pregnancy complications: Study

New research indicates gestational carriers face higher risks of severe complications during pregnancy and postpartum compared to natural or IVF pregnancies.

New findings suggest gestational carriers are at increased risk for severe complications during pregnancy.

lifestyle

Published on Sep 26, 2024 07:23 PM IST

ANI | | Posted by Akanksha Agnihotri, Kingston

Selena Gomez's blunt reply to haters ‘victimising’ her for her inability to

Selena Gomez defends her openness about personal struggles after disclosing her inability to carry children and bipolar disorder.

Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez keep documenting their loved up moments on social media.

entertainment

Published on Sep 21, 2024 06:42 AM IST

ByAditi Srivastava

Selena Gomez shares motherhood plans, says she ‘can't carry’ her own children

The Who Says hitmaker explained that while it was difficult for her to accept this initially, she has made peace with it now.

entertainment

Published on Sep 09, 2024 08:27 PM IST

ByArya Vaishnavi

Donor can’t claim parental rights on child born via surrogacy: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court ruled that an egg donor has no legal right to a surrogate child, granting a woman access to her twin daughters born via surrogacy.

Egg donor has no legal right to claim biological parenthood in surrogacy

india news

Updated on Aug 14, 2024 12:21 AM IST

ByPrateem Rohanekar, Mumbai

Egg donor cannot claim to be biological parent of surrogate child: Bombay HC

The court allowed a woman to visit her twin girls, 5, who stay with her estranged husband. Her sister, the donor, lives with the man to 'look after the kids.'

The woman, in her plea, said her daughters, born via surrogacy, were living with her husband and younger sister, was the egg donor.(Representational Image)

cities

Published on Aug 13, 2024 08:21 PM IST

ByHT News Desk, New Delhi

Govt amends surrogacy rules, maternity leaves to employees extended to 180 days

The notification regarding the child care leave was issued by the Department of Personnel & Training on June 18. s

india news

Published on Jun 23, 2024 10:29 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

China's health body probes hospital after surrogacy claims

ASIA-POPULATION/CHINA (PIX):China's health body probes hospital after surrogacy claims

world news

Updated on May 06, 2024 01:16 PM IST

Reuters |

Vatican slams gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy as threats to human dignity

Issuing a stern warning against 'gender theory', the Vatican on Monday declared sex-change surgery and surrogacy as grave threats to human dignity.

The Vatican document titled “Dignitas Inifinita”, which means infinite dignity, declares that any efforts to hide

world news

Updated on Apr 08, 2024 06:08 PM IST

ByShweta Kukreti

Thailand takes steps to end ban on surrogacy services for same-sex couples

Thailand plans to end a near-decade old ban on surrogacy services for foreign as well as gay and lesbian couples.

Thailand takes steps to end ban on surrogacy services for foreign, same-sex couples(Getty Images/File Photo)

world news

Published on Apr 02, 2024 07:29 AM IST

Bloomberg |

Amended surrogacy law doesn’t go the full distance

While logical, the amendment still does not go far enough because even now at least one donor gamete has to be from the commissioning parents

The regulation of surrogacy and surrogacy clinics and also providing a legally sound set of safeguards for all parties, i.e. the commissioning parent/s, the surrogates and the children born of such arrangements was urgent(Getty Images/File Photo)

opinion

Published on Mar 18, 2024 09:44 PM IST

ByLavanya Regunathan Fischer

The dangers of carrying a child for someone else in China

For a shrinking country, China’s approach to surrogacy is self-defeating

Surrogacy falls into a legal grey area in China. (Getty Images/File Photo)

world news

Published on Mar 03, 2024 08:00 AM IST

The Economist

Tweaks fail to fix flaws in surrogacy regulations

Denial of reproductive choices to a chunk of the population is symptomatic of the social biases against the heteronormatively and maritally non-conforming

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act remains a much-flawed legislation, and incremental corrections mean sections of the population will continue to be deprived of the option. (File image (Vijayanand Gupta | Hindustan Times))

editorials

Published on Feb 26, 2024 12:30 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Health Talk | Unpacking Alabama SC's decision that counts embryo as unborn child

A tale of two countries, and their approach to IVF treatment: In India, the rules are being amended too, but in favour of couples

Last week, the Alabama Supreme Court in the United States of America ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law(Wiki Commons)

analysis

Published on Feb 24, 2024 05:51 PM IST

ByRhythma Kaul

Clear stand on surrogacy concerns by April 15, SC tells Centre

SC appreciated the Centre for changing the law by allowing any one of the intending couple to undergo surrogacy using donor gametes

Top court lauds change in the law to allow any one of the intending couple to undergo surrogacy. (Sanjay Sharma)

india news

Updated on Feb 24, 2024 08:04 AM IST

ByAbraham Thomas

Surrogacy in India: Navigating rights, inclusion, and child welfare

This article is authored by Ranjana Kumari, director, Centre for Social Research, New Delhi.

Child birth(Photo by Mauricio Gutiérrez on Unsplash)

ht insight

Published on Feb 16, 2024 09:32 AM IST

ByHindustan Times

HC allows two city couples to undergo surrogacy using donor gametes

Bombay HC allows two couples to pursue surrogacy using donor gametes, overriding a notification that disallowed it.

cities

Updated on Feb 10, 2024 06:52 AM IST

BySahyaja MS

106 IVF centres in Pune likely to get registered

In November last year, health commissioner Dheeraj Kumar issued orders to the concerned authorities in the state to regulate and start registration of such clinics and banks in their jurisdiction

The health department last year set up a board to enforce the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 and the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 in the state. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

cities

Updated on Feb 08, 2024 10:34 PM IST

ByVicky Pathare

SC allows HCs to decide cases of surrogacy sought due to medical complications

The Supreme Court said the pendency of the writ petitions before it would not come in the way of the high court in considering them

india news

Published on Feb 08, 2024 09:12 AM IST

ByAbraham Thomas

Surrogacy law based on science, says Delhi HC

The court was considering a plea filed by a couple who challenged a provision of the Surrogacy Regulation Act

Gavel and law books (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

cities

Published on Jan 25, 2024 10:26 PM IST

ByShruti Kakkar

Surrogacy law made to prevent India from becoming country of renting wombs: HC

A Delhi high court bench of acting chief justice Manmohan and justice Mini Pushkarna refused to allow a couple to process surrogacy halted after the ban on donor gametes

The court called for encouraging adoption. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

india news

Published on Dec 15, 2023 04:50 PM IST

ByShruti Kakkar

Why restrict single women from surrogacy, Delhi HC asks Centre

The Delhi high court directed the union ministry of health and family welfare to file a response in the plea of a woman who challenged the policy of barring unmarried women from undergoing surrogacy

The petitioner said that there was no intelligible differentia which could justify the restriction against a single unmarried woman and other single women, who were married before. (Representative Image)

cities

Published on Oct 16, 2023 06:38 PM IST

ByShruti Kakkar

Why Britain is updating its laws on surrogacy and gamete donation

The rise of the same-sex parent family and elective single mothers

British babymaking has become altogether less traditional.

world news

Published on Sep 28, 2023 01:11 AM IST

The Economist

Before going to fight, many Ukrainians are freezing their sperm

Couples want babies even if the father never comes home

Ukrainian soldiers launch a drone at Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region. (File/ Al-Jazeera)

world news

Published on Jul 29, 2023 02:01 AM IST

The Economist

Surrogacy probe after Nayanthara-Vignesh unveil twins

“It is being debated if the surrogacy was done within the purview of law,” Tamil Nadu health minister M Subramanian told reporters on Monday. “We will direct the director of medical services to see if this was done as per rules.”

Tamil Nadu govt said it will probe to find whether Nayanthara and her husband Vignesh Shivan followed legalities of surrogacy. (ANI)

india news

Updated on Oct 11, 2022 04:24 AM IST

ByDivya Chandrababu, Chennai

Same-sex marriage and surrogacy: Where is it legal?

Cubans have voted overwhelmingly to legalise same-sex marriage, making the country the 33rd to stop defining marriage as being exclusively between a man and a woman.

Supporters of same sex marriage carry banners and shout slogans as they march.(AFP)

world news

Published on Sep 27, 2022 02:06 PM IST

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Rashmi Shashikumar, a resident of Bengaluru's Nagarbhavi, was also fined ₹1 lakh by Judge C B Santosh.

The 2021 surrogacy laws set age limits that the intended mother must be between 23 and 50 years of age.

CHINA-SURROGACY:Chinese social media reels over young woman's illegal surrogacy case

ASIA-POPULATION/CHINA-SURROGACY:China surrogacy abandonment case being investigated after online criticism

In July this year, the Orissa high court had ruled that surrogate mothers deserve equal maternity leave, emphasising the importance of early caregiving for child development.

New research indicates gestational carriers face higher risks of severe complications during pregnancy and postpartum compared to natural or IVF pregnancies.

Selena Gomez defends her openness about personal struggles after disclosing her inability to carry children and bipolar disorder.

The Who Says hitmaker explained that while it was difficult for her to accept this initially, she has made peace with it now.

The Bombay High Court ruled that an egg donor has no legal right to a surrogate child, granting a woman access to her twin daughters born via surrogacy.

The court allowed a woman to visit her twin girls, 5, who stay with her estranged husband. Her sister, the donor, lives with the man to 'look after the kids.'

The notification regarding the child care leave was issued by the Department of Personnel & Training on June 18. s

ASIA-POPULATION/CHINA (PIX):China's health body probes hospital after surrogacy claims

Issuing a stern warning against 'gender theory', the Vatican on Monday declared sex-change surgery and surrogacy as grave threats to human dignity.

Thailand plans to end a near-decade old ban on surrogacy services for foreign as well as gay and lesbian couples.

While logical, the amendment still does not go far enough because even now at least one donor gamete has to be from the commissioning parents

For a shrinking country, China’s approach to surrogacy is self-defeating

Denial of reproductive choices to a chunk of the population is symptomatic of the social biases against the heteronormatively and maritally non-conforming

A tale of two countries, and their approach to IVF treatment: In India, the rules are being amended too, but in favour of couples

SC appreciated the Centre for changing the law by allowing any one of the intending couple to undergo surrogacy using donor gametes

This article is authored by Ranjana Kumari, director, Centre for Social Research, New Delhi.

Bombay HC allows two couples to pursue surrogacy using donor gametes, overriding a notification that disallowed it.

In November last year, health commissioner Dheeraj Kumar issued orders to the concerned authorities in the state to regulate and start registration of such clinics and banks in their jurisdiction

The Supreme Court said the pendency of the writ petitions before it would not come in the way of the high court in considering them

The court was considering a plea filed by a couple who challenged a provision of the Surrogacy Regulation Act

A Delhi high court bench of acting chief justice Manmohan and justice Mini Pushkarna refused to allow a couple to process surrogacy halted after the ban on donor gametes

The Delhi high court directed the union ministry of health and family welfare to file a response in the plea of a woman who challenged the policy of barring unmarried women from undergoing surrogacy

The rise of the same-sex parent family and elective single mothers

Couples want babies even if the father never comes home

“It is being debated if the surrogacy was done within the purview of law,” Tamil Nadu health minister M Subramanian told reporters on Monday. “We will direct the director of medical services to see if this was done as per rules.”

Cubans have voted overwhelmingly to legalise same-sex marriage, making the country the 33rd to stop defining marriage as being exclusively between a man and a woman.

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