BANGALORE: A House committee is
batting for a law to regulate surrogacy, with Bangalore fast emerging as the
world's biggest hub for surrogate mothers, since the technology is cheaply
available here.
The report said most surrogate mothers who come from the lower middle class are renting their wombs for trivial sums. The cost of surrogacy ranges from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh - at least ten-fold lower than what is charged in other countries -- attracting childless couple from foreign shores to India and mainly Bangalore, it added.
Some surrogate mothers from slums are cheated after delivery, and also suffer from psychological problems and depression while giving away the child. Besides, if the child is born disabled or if the mother dies during delivery, no responsibility is fixed.
"Surrogacy is bound to create sociological, psychological and medical problems for women and society. In the absence of any law, middlemen are making money, leaving many hapless women and children in the grip of a cruel fate,'' said Shetty in her report.
There is a need to demark the emotional, blood relationship and rights of surrogate mothers with the child, the report recommended.
Foreign nationals who want to hire surrogate mothers should be made to register with their respective consulate offices, so that middlemen don't exploit women here. The state government should form a State Accreditation Authority as a nodal agency to allow hiring of surrogate mothers, the report added.
The report also recommended the installation of CCTVs in all police stations and buses to ensure that police personnel and the public behaved properly with women, besides deputing 20% of women staff in all police stations.
The report said most surrogate mothers who come from the lower middle class are renting their wombs for trivial sums. The cost of surrogacy ranges from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh - at least ten-fold lower than what is charged in other countries -- attracting childless couple from foreign shores to India and mainly Bangalore, it added.
Some surrogate mothers from slums are cheated after delivery, and also suffer from psychological problems and depression while giving away the child. Besides, if the child is born disabled or if the mother dies during delivery, no responsibility is fixed.
"Surrogacy is bound to create sociological, psychological and medical problems for women and society. In the absence of any law, middlemen are making money, leaving many hapless women and children in the grip of a cruel fate,'' said Shetty in her report.
There is a need to demark the emotional, blood relationship and rights of surrogate mothers with the child, the report recommended.
Foreign nationals who want to hire surrogate mothers should be made to register with their respective consulate offices, so that middlemen don't exploit women here. The state government should form a State Accreditation Authority as a nodal agency to allow hiring of surrogate mothers, the report added.
The report also recommended the installation of CCTVs in all police stations and buses to ensure that police personnel and the public behaved properly with women, besides deputing 20% of women staff in all police stations.
(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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