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Title: The Motion for
consideration of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016- (Bill Passed.).
HON. SPEAKER: Now, we will take up
Item No. 16, the
Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill.
… (Interruptions)
HON. SPEAKER: Hon. Minister, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda.
… (Interruptions)
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA): Madam, I beg to move :
“That the Bill to constitute National Surrogacy Board,
State Surrogacy Boards and appointment of appropriate authorities for
regulation of the practice and process of surrogacy and for matters connected
therewith or incidental thereto, be taken into consideration.”
Madam, it is a historic
day when this Parliament is taking up the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill of 2016. … (Interruptions)
It is a long-awaited Bill. … (Interruptions) All sections of society, and
practically every political party was of the opinion to see to it that
commercial surrogacy should be immediately stopped and altruistic surrogacy
should be the only way on ethical grounds. … (Interruptions) We all know
that India had become a hub of surrogacy clinics where commercial surrogacy was
going on. … (Interruptions) Even the 228th Report of the Law
Commission had recommended strongly for prohibiting commercial surrogacy. … (Interruptions)
Not only that, the issue related to the unethical practices and the issue
related to the exploitation of surrogate mothers was also an issue, which was
discussed at length. … (Interruptions) Then there was also the issue of
children born through surrogate mothers being abandoned. … (Interruptions)
These were the issues that needed to be deliberated and discussed. … (Interruptions)
Rackets were being run by intermediaries for importing human embryos. … (Interruptions)
This was also one of the issues, which was discussed. … (Interruptions)
Practically, the NGOs and
civil society were also of the opinion that such type of commercial surrogacy
should be stopped. … (Interruptions) The Supreme Court also took notice of it. … (Interruptions)
Therefore, the Cabinet Secretariat had decided that the Department should come
out with a legislation. … (Interruptions).
Keeping
all these factors in view, the Union Government went through the deliberations.
Along with this, there were assurances in Parliament. In total 11 assurances
were there – six from Lok Sabha, and five from Rajya Sabha. … (Interruptions)
The Government
had decided that very soon we would be coming out with a legislation. Now the
day has come. Today, this legislation has come. Keeping the Indian ethos in
mind, trying to stop the exploitation of mothers, and see to it that the
children are not abandoned and foreigners do not get away over surrogacy, we
have decided to come with this Surrogacy Bill 2016 to regulate it.
We are moving towards the
pure altruistic surrogacy. We are completely banning commercial surrogacy
which would prevent exploitation of women in India. In future, children born
through surrogacy will be taken care of. … (Interruptions)
These are the issues
brought before the Bill. Provisions in the Bill are basically aimed at defining
a `mother’ and a `surrogate mother’. Secondly, it is aimed at which family will
get the permission to go for surrogacy. What are the limitations which would
ensure that that does not happen? … (Interruptions)
These provisions are given
in the Surrogacy Bill. I am of the considered view that the Bill should aptly
be put before Parliament and Parliament should deliberate on this Bill.
Suggestions would be well taken care of. I would request the Members of all
Parties to participate in this debate, and pass this Bill, after considering
all the details of the Bill. … (Interruptions)
Thanking you, Hon.
Speaker.
HON. SPEAKER: Motion
moved:
“That the Bill to constitute National Surrogacy Board,
State Surrogacy Boards and appointment of appropriate authorities for
regulation of the practice and process of surrogacy and for matters connected
therewith or incidental thereto, be taken into consideration.”
This is a very important Bill. Hon.
Members, please go back to your seats.
… (Interruptions)
DR. KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR
(BARASAT): Hon. Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak in
favour of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016. This is a very important Bill,
particularly with respect to women who have been exploited extensively in a
certain part of Gujarat - I don’t want to name it - and elsewhere in the country.
… (Interruptions)
Actually for surrogacy to
take place, it has to be preceded by. In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) which has
been compared to man’s landing on moon because in IVF, a woman’s ovaries are
stimulated to give multiple number of oocytes, and then they are fertilized
outside in the laboratory by a person who sits in the laboratory for hours
together, controlling the different parameters which support life like oxygen,
carbon dioxide, humidity and all the other protein molecules which let the embryo
grow and survive. … (Interruptions)
This IVF has been so
difficult that it took nearly 100 years before the birth of Louise Brown who
could be announced by Professor Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe of England
in 1979, followed shortly by Subhash Mukherjee giving birth to Kanu Priya or
Durga in Bengal, followed in, 1986-87 by the birth of Imran. Professor Robert
Edwards has been given the Noble Prize for this IVF baby’s birth, Louise Brown.
Our very own Indian Council of Medical Research gave lifetime achievement to
Dr. Ghosh Dastidar and Chakravarty for their work in India. So, only after IVF
is done, is embryo available for transfer and surrogacy to follow.
At the onset, I would like
to bring to your notice that here it is given that the embryo is only up to 56
days.
In this age of
cryopreservation today, sometimes, we can cryopreserve the embryo for years
together. So, 56 days, counted from the day of fertilisation, should be replaced
by any number of days before the baby is given in the mother’s womb. During
that period, it can be cryopreserved. That has to be looked at. … (Interruptions)
Also, in the subclause
(k), ‘foetus’ means that the human organisation during that period of
development beginning from 57th day should therefore also be changed
because foetus takes place inside the womb. So, both the provisions of 56 days
and 57 days would have to be changed. … (Interruptions)
Let us have a public
debate like we had for the ART Draft Bill. I think it was started in 1998-99 by
Indian Council of Medical Research. We had three-four public debates in
different parts of the country but I do not know the fate of that Bill. Even
till today, it has not been tabled. This subject of surrogacy should have come
along with the ART Bill because as I explained, without having an IVF
Laboratory and a Test Tube Baby Laboratory, we cannot have surrogacy. … (Interruptions)
So, these two subjects should have been brought together. By bringing this
separately, maybe, we are trying to hinder those unscrupulous people who are
exploiting women. That should have been brought together. So, I suggest that we
have a public debate throughout the country and take the opinion of different
categories of people including experts. … (Interruptions) Here also,
there is a mention about embryologist, but there is a sea change in the subject
of ART at the moment. When I was a student in the 1980s, an embryologist was
not as same as an embryologist today. Particularly, an embryologist who is
growing the child in the laboratory today has his experience in In-Vitro
growth, so, a specialised embryologist is making the babies today. This also
has to be changed here. … (Interruptions)
I understand that there
have been many meetings with the Ministry, with the officers and with the professional
bodies but when the final draft of the Bill was made and this was tabled here,
the professional bodies like the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecologist
Societies of India, ISAR or the NGOs were not consulted. I think there has to
be another meeting before this Bill is passed. … (Interruptions)
The hon. Supreme Court,
Madam, has recently decriminalised Section 377 and the LGBT community has been
accepted to be a part of the mainstream. So, we have same sex couples now. But,
in this Bill, there is no mention of the same sex couples. Being a part of such
a team which works on this, the person knows, the doctor knows that the demand
from the transgender and LGBT community, same sex couples, whether they are two
men or two women, they come with a demand of a child. … (Interruptions)
Two-men couples require a surrogate mother. Two-women couples do not require a
surrogate mother if both women are healthy. But we have to include them if we
have to do justice. We have just passed the Transgender Welfare Bill two-three
days back. If we have to do justice to a transgender couple or a same sex
couple, then their mention has to be in this Bill. … (Interruptions)
So, we have to consider these points very seriously. The drafting was hasty, we
need another Bill.
It is also a matter of
great concern and despair that we leave the treatment of infertile couples
mostly to the hands of private clinics. Many government hospitals do not have
the setup to carry out In-Vitro fertilisation and embryo transfer. … (Interruptions)
To my understanding, All India Institute of Medical Sciences has a unit but
that is not sufficient for the whole of the country. So, training should be
given through people who have worked on this for more than thirty years now and
then the doctors can be appointed and super-specialised embryo labs can be set
up in the medical colleges and government hospitals to make the treatment for
infertile couples who cannot afford expensive treatment easily.
Each injection for
stimulation of ovaries costs between Rs.1,000 and Rs.3,000. So, the Government
has to step in by the side of these couples to help them and also to keep the
unscrupulous private clinics at bay from exploiting these couples. … (Interruptions)The
Government should have some extra funds. A separate fund should be created for
infertile couples.
There might be couples in
which the woman has no uterus from birth. There might be couples in which a
woman has no internal genitalia from birth. There is a disease called
“Rokitansky Kustner Hauser Syndrome” in which the woman has nothing. … (Interruptions)
So, for cases like that it is useless to wait for five years for treatment. The
patient is ageing everyday and as her age increases her reserve of cohort of
follicles waiting to grow every cycle is reducing. So, we have to have a
provision for such women who have no uterus when we are giving them medical
surrogacy. The most important call for medical surrogacy is a woman who has no
uterus, who has no reproductive organs. Her mention should be made here. … (Interruptions)
Also, we must vehemently
stop fashion surrogacy that is taking place in our country, not only commercial
surrogacy in which the surrogate mother is being exploited. I do not want to
name them but there are film stars and relatives of film stars who are going in
for surrogacy and are using surrogate mothers only because they do not want
their figure to be destroyed. … (Interruptions) Fashion surrogacy must
stop in this country. We must only do medical surrogacy by which we will stand
by the women who are suffering.
Till today our society
looks down upon women who do not get children. They say, “In the morning we
should not look at your face because you are infertile and my day will be bad”.
But it is a disease. She is not a baanjh a curse. She is not trying to
harm anybody socially. It is only that she has not been given the power to
procreate. … (Interruptions) And when medical treatment is available,
why should not we stand by her?
Also, we have to
compensate surrogates. I understand that we do not support commercial
surrogacy; we do not. But our own children, Indians living abroad, NRIs not
being able to conceive children abroad should be included in here so that not
only Indian couples living in India but Indian couples living abroad are also
given the facility. … (Interruptions)
The Medical Council Act of
1956 has defined the term Embryologist but we have to change this definition
because today’s Embryologist is much different from what it was in 1956. It
says here, a oocyte means a naturally ovulating oocyte. … (Interruptions)
But now oocyte does not only mean a naturally ovulating oocyte. In today’s
science, a woman is given injections, follicle stimulating hormones, to get
multiple eggs. Those eggs are retrieved either by ultrasound or by laparoscope
and we might get 18 to 20 oocytes from a lady and we might freeze them and we
might make babies from them. Those are also oocytes. … (Interruptions)
So, that is another mistake here.
When both members of a
couple are suffering with proven infertility, when the altruistic purpose is
applicable, we have to keep in mind the LGBT community also and we must have a
public debate before we pass this Bill. Thank you.
SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB
(CUTTACK): Madam Speaker, the Minister while introducing the Bill in this House
for consideration and passing has said it is a momentous day today while we are
considering the Surrogacy Regulation Bill of 2016. … (Interruptions) It
is indeed a momentous day today that despite turmoil inside the House, he
thought it fit that we should also deliberate on some serious subject that has
been in the mind of large section of society of our country for quite some
time. … (Interruptions)
Surrogacy is the practice
where one woman carries the child of another with the intention of handing over
the child after birth. … (Interruptions) The Bill prohibits commercial
surrogacy and allows altruistic surrogacy. Altruistic surrogacy involves no
compensation to the surrogate mother other than the medical and insurance
expenses related to the pregnancy. … (Interruptions) The intending
couple must be Indian citizen and married for at least, five years with at
least, one of them being infertile. … (Interruptions)
Madam, the surrogate
mother has to be a close relative who has been married and has a child of her
own. … (Interruptions) Undertaking surrogacy for a fee, advertising it
or exploiting the surrogate mother will be punishable with imprisonment for ten
years and a fine of up to Rs. 10 lakhs. … (Interruptions)
The Bill permits surrogacy
only for couples who cannot conceive a child. This procedure is not allowed in
case of any other medical conditions which could prevent a woman from giving
birth to a child. … (Interruptions) The surrogate mother and the intending
couple need eligibility certificates from the appropriate authority. The Bill
does not specify a time limit within which such certificates will be granted. …
(Interruptions)
Madam, these are certain
points I am referring to and I expect the Minister will reply to these concerns
which I am expressing here. … (Interruptions) It also does not specify
an appeal process in case, the application is rejected. The surrogate mother
must be a close relative. … (Interruptions) The Bill does not define the
term close relative.
Madam, in 2005, the Indian
Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had issued guidelines to regulate surrogacy
arrangements. … (Interruptions) The guidelines stated that – “the
surrogate mother would be entitled to monetary compensation, the value of which
would be decided by the couple and the surrogate mother”. … (Interruptions)
In 2008, the Supreme Court
of India in the Baby Manji Yamada vs Union of India case, highlighted the lack
of regulation for surrogacy in India. … (Interruptions) In 2009, the Law
Commission of India observed, to which the Minister referred to, that surrogacy
arrangements in India were being used by foreign nationals and it could lead to
exploitation of poor women acting as surrogate mothers. … (Interruptions)
The Law Commission recommended prohibiting commercial surrogacy, allowing
altruistic surrogacy and enacting a law to regulate surrogacy. … (Interruptions)
In 2015, Government
notified prohibitory surrogacy for foreign nationals. … (Interruptions)
In 2016, November 21st, this Bill was introduced in this House. The
Standing Committee of Health and Family Welfare submitted its report on 10th
of August, 2017. Now, it is listed for consideration and passing. Only two
hours have been allotted for the deliberation of this Bill. … (Interruptions)
Before I come to the key
issues of this Bill, Madam, which need further consideration and elaboration, I
must say, today, surrogacy industry thrives amid regulatory gaps. … (Interruptions)
India has an
estimated 20 to 25 million infertile couples. For medical practitioners, it is
a market opportunity. … (Interruptions) There were 59 clinics offering
IVF, that is, in vitro fertilisation in 2001. By 2011, it went up from 59 to
600 within a span of 10 years. … (Interruptions) The Minister can tell
us what the number is today if he has made a count.
Commercial
surrogacy has been allowed in India since 2002 but remains an unregulated grey
area. … (Interruptions) In 2008, the court said in a judgement that
surrogacy as a medical procedure is legal in several countries including in
India without elaborating on what makes surrogacy legal. … (Interruptions)
In 2008, another case on the citizenship of surrogate babies led the Gujarat
High Court to state that there is an extreme urgency to push through
legislation which addressed issues that arise out of surrogacy.
Hon. Speaker
Madam, United Nations-backed study conducted in 2012 estimates the surrogate
business in India to be worth more than USD 400 million a year. … (Interruptions)
But civil society activists say that the size of the market could well be more
than twice that amount. This was the position in 2012. We are in the last month
of 2018 now. This Bill in India is the first attempt to regulate the sector and
I congratulate the Government for it. … (Interruptions) The Bill also
seeks to streamline the process of restructuring surrogates who currently earn
anything between Rs. 1.5 lakh to Rs. 4 lakh for services with a 25 per cent
bonus for delivering twins. … (Interruptions) The Bill also requires the
commissioning couples to approach registered ART banks and not private IVF
clinics as is currently the case. … (Interruptions) One problem,
however, is the lack of hard data about the sector. Surrogacy has always been a
debatable topic. Countries such as Germany, France and Italy have banned it,
whereas United Kingdom, Canada, China etc. allow certain forms of surrogacy. …
(Interruptions) In India, this surrogacy Bill is a cause for concern in
many ways. While the report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health
and Family Welfare did not touch upon the controversial issue of the dissolving
homosexual couples or single parents from availing surrogate services to which
my previous speaker referred to, it has come down hard on the exclusion of
divorced or widowed women and live-in couples. … (Interruptions) The
committee has said surrogacy is one of the least used options by childless
Indians. If these categories are to be banned, then why have surrogacy at all?
… (Interruptions) Therefore, it has recommended to broad-base the
eligibility criteria and widen the ambit of persons who can avail surrogacy services
by including live-in couples, divorced women and widows also. … (Interruptions)
I would like to know from the Minister why the Government has not accepted the
view of the Standing Committee.
Now I come to
the four key issues which need consideration of this House and of the
Government. The first is the definition of infertility. It is restricted to
failure to conceive. … (Interruptions) That is how the Bill determines
it. Under clause 2(p), clause 4 sub-clause (iii)(a)(i), “infertility is a
condition that has to be proven by an intending couple in order to be eligible
to commission a surrogacy procedure. …” (Interruptions) The Bill defines
infertility as “inability to conceive after five years of unprotected coitus or
other medical condition preventing a couple from conception”. This definition
does not cover all cases in which a couple is unable to bear a child.
In countries
like the Netherlands, South Africa and Greece, altruistic surrogacy is very
much permitted. There are certain other gaps also, which I am sure the
Government is aware about. … (Interruptions)
This Bill
specifies various eligibility conditions for couples intending to undertake
surrogacy under section 4 (iii) (c); under section 48 (a) additional
eligibility criteria are to be specified through regulations. Why should we
have this excessive delegation of legislative powers? … (Interruptions)It
should be specified in the parent law. It cannot be delegated to regulation. …
(Interruptions)
In order to
initiate a surrogacy procedure, the surrogate mother and the intending couple
are required to obtain certificates of eligibility and essentiality upon
fulfilling various conditions. However, the Bill does not specify a time limit
by which the authority will grant these certificates. … (Interruptions)The
Bill does not specify a review or appeal procedure in case the surrogacy
applications are rejected. I would like to remind this House that other laws
such as those on Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 and the
adoption-related provisions of the Juvenile Care and Protection Act, 2015 have
prescribed time periods within which applications should be processed and they
have also provided procedures for review and appeal in case applications are
rejected. … (Interruptions)
The Bill states
that the surrogate mother has to be a close relative of the intending couple
who commission the surrogacy. The Bill does not specify who would be a close
relative. … (Interruptions)The Standing Committee has addressed this
issue very minutely and it requires reconsideration by the Government. The
Standing Committee has observed that surrogacy by close relatives would always
be out of compulsion and coercion, not because of altruism. Such an arrangement
within the family may first create deeper psychological and emotional impact on
the surrogate child; secondly, parental custody issues would also arise; and
thirdly, inheritance and property disputes may also arise. … (Interruptions)The
Committee had recommended the criterion of being a close relative to be removed
and to allow both related and unrelated women to become surrogates.
Another
important point here is, whether power is a tool or the objective of coercion.
… (Interruptions)Is it power that creates knowledge or knowledge that
creates power? If there is no certain truth, how does the power-knowledge nexus
operate in creating the world that thrives on activity and information that
have been internalised generations after generations until they become norms
and moral dictums of the society? … (Interruptions)These questions
arguably apply the most in parenting. The obligation to bear children is so
deeply nurtured in any social structure that distancing oneself from it is a
stigma. … (Interruptions)Therefore, I would say, our scriptures have
sanctified surrogacy of many forms. Regulate it, but do not commercialise it. …
(Interruptions)
श्री निशिकान्त दुबे (गोड्डा): अध्यक्ष महोदया, माननीय मोदी जी की सरकार नड्डा जी के साथ आज एक बड़ा ही ऐतिहासिक बिल सदन में लायी है। भर्तृहरि महताब साहेब कह रहे थे कि इस बिल के लिए केवल दो घंटे का समय एलॉट हुआ है। … (व्यवधान) यदि कांग्रेस के मित्र साथ देते तो इसके ऊपर बड़ी चर्चा हो सकती थी, लेकिन कांग्रेसियों को बड़ा डर है, जो ये बार-बार राफेल की चर्चा कर रहे हैं। कांग्रेस का हाथ भ्रष्टाचार से इतना सना हुआ है कि वह किसी भी विषय पर चर्चा करने के लिए तैयार नहीं है जबकि भारतीय जनता पार्टी चर्चा करना चाहती है।…(व्यवधान) वर्ष 1948 से जीप घोटाला से बात शुरू हुआ है, चाहे मुद्रा कांड हो, चाहे बोफोर्स कांड हो। ये जिस पर जेपीसी की बात कर रहे हैं, मैं यह बताना चाहता हूं कि बोफोर्स में जेपीसी हुई और यह प्रूव हो गया कि राजीव गांधी जी ने … की थी।
उसी तरह से टू जी में सुप्रीम कोर्ट का जजमेंट आया कि ये … * थे, उसमें भी जेपीसी बन गई। मेरा कहना है कि कोई भी चीज हो, डिबेट में होनी चाहिए। यदि वे डिबेट के लिए तैयार हैं, तो भारतीय जनता पार्टी भी तैयार है।…( व्यवधान)
जहां तक इस बिल का सवाल है, इस बिल में माननीय नड्डा जी ने कहा कि सरोगेसी की इंडस्ट्री दो बिलियन की है और सबसे ज्यादा यानी 80 परसेंट सरोगेसी कमर्शियल हो रही है, इस कारण भारत की नाक बार-बार इंटरनेशनल फोरम में गिर रही है इसलिए माननीय मोदी जी की सरकार में माननीय नड्डा जी मंत्री रहते हुए यह बिल लेकर आए हैं। नड्डा जी ने दो-तीन बातें कही हैं। मैं काकोली दस्तिदार जी और महताब जी का बहुत सम्मान करता हूं।…( व्यवधान) नड्डा जी ने कहा कि भारतीय सभ्यता और संस्कृति के आधार पर जो चीजें हो सकती हैं उसके आधार पर भारत सरकार यह बिल लेकर आई है। यदि स्टैंडिंग कमेटी ने कोई बात कह दी …(व्यवधान) आप बताएं कि लिव इन रिलेशनशिप में कौन किसके साथ रह रहा है, यह कहीं रजिस्टर्ड तो नहीं है, कोई भी किसी के साथ रह सकता है। यदि आप इसे सरोगेसी की तरफ ले जाएंगे, इसे इसके साथ इन्कलूड करेंगे तो आप कमर्शियल के लिए एक्सप्लाएटेशन करेंगे या नहीं? यह बहुत ही बड़ा रीजन इंटरनेशनल हुआ है।…((व्यवधान)
यहां तक कि 377 में सुप्रीम कोर्ट का जजमेंट आया, उसमें कहा गया कि अभी हम शादी तक नहीं जा रहे हैं। यहां डिबेट आई कि यदि दो एडल्ट कपल शादी कर लें तो वह सरोगेट हो सकते हैं। भारतीय सभ्यता और संस्कृति में जो चीजें हो सकती हैं, हम उसके आधार पर यह बिल लेकर आए हैं। वर्ष 2008 के सुप्रीम कोर्ट के जजमेंट को कोट किया गया, आप देखें कि सुप्रीम कोर्ट के जजमेंट में कितनी बड़ी समस्या है कि सरोगेट बच्चा जापान चला गया।…( व्यवधान) लेकिन जापान का कानून उसे नागरिकता देने को तैयार नहीं है। उसके मां-बाप जापान के हैं, जापान का कानून कहता है कि उसे नागरिकता नहीं देंगे। इस तरह की सिचुएशन आएगी तो भारत सरकार क्या करेगी? उसी तरह से मैं आपको आस्ट्रेलिया के बारे में बताना चाहता हूं। …(व्यवधान) आस्ट्रेलियन कपल यहां आए, दो बच्चे पैदा हो गए, दो बच्चों में एक बच्चा लेकर वह चले गए और एक बच्चा यहीं रह गया। अब समस्या यह है कि उस बच्चे की मां कौन है, बाप कौन है, उसे कौन खिलाएगा, कौन पिलाएगा? इस तरह की इतनी समस्याएं भारत में आ गईं और इसके कारण ही भारत में यह बिल लाया गया। …( व्यवधान)
मैं आपको फिर से बताना चाहता हूं कि कांग्रेस हर बार आवाज़ उठाती है। … (व्यवधान) हमारी सरकार महिलाओं के लिए कितनी चिंतित है, गांव, गरीब, पिछड़े, दलित, आदिवासी, महिलाओं के लिए चिंतित है। …( व्यवधान) वर्ष 2009 में लॉ कमीशन की रिपोर्ट आई। 5 अक्टूबर, 2005 को यह बिल आया, लॉ कमीशन ने रिकमेंडेशन की कि सरोगेसी पर बिल लेकर आइए। वर्ष 2009 से 2014 तक कांग्रेस की सरकार रही, उसने किसी प्रकार की रोक नहीं लगाई। …(व्यवधान) हम 2015 में हम कुछ चीज लेकर आए ताकि हम कुछ रोक पाएं। …( व्यवधान)
अध्यक्ष जी, मैं इस बिल के बारे में चर्चा करना चाहता हूं कि इस बिल में क्या किया गया है, जैसे अभी इनफर्टिलिटी के बारे में कहा गया।…( व्यवधान) इनफर्टिलिटी के केस में वह इंडियन सिटिजन होना चाहिए। यदि हम एनआरआई की बात करें तो यहां कई केस ऐसे हैं कि लोग शादी करके चले गए या दूसरी शादी कर रहे हैं इसलिए हमने इस बिल में इंडियन सिटिजन की बात कही है। …( व्यवधान) यदि हम क्लिनिक की बात करें, हम केवल सरकारी क्लिनिक की बात नहीं कर रहे हैं, हम प्राइवेट क्लिनिक को लाइसेंस देने की बात कर रहे हैं। पांच साल में यह बात तय हो जाती है कि बच्चा होगा या नहीं होगा। यदि बच्चा नहीं होगा, आप देखें कि आज भी समाज में प्रचलन है कि जिन महिलाओं के बेटा नहीं है, बेटी नहीं है या बच्चा नहीं है उनको इज्जत, सम्मान, संरक्षा और सुरक्षा चाहिए। पांच साल का वक्त बहुत ज्यादा होता है, इसमें तय हो जाता है कि यह पुरुष बच्चा पैदा करने लायक है या नहीं है या महिला बच्चा पैदा करने लायक है या नहीं है। …( व्यवधान) हमने इसलिए पांच साल का वक्त दिया। मान लीजिए कि लड़की हो गई, कई लोगों को लगता है कि हमें लड़का होना चाहिए, उनको लगता है कि उनसे लड़का नहीं होगा। अगर मान लीजिए कि किसी को लड़का हो गया तो कई लोगों को लगता है कि उनको लड़की होनी चाहिए। जिस तरह से काकोली जी ने कहा कि फैशन सरोगेसी नहीं होनी चाहिए, इसके लिए उन्होंने कहा कि उसे कोई बच्चा नहीं होना चाहिए। इसमें एक डेफिनेशन डाली। इसके साथ एक एज भी डाल दी। मान लीजिए कि पुरुषों के लिए वह सर्टेन एज 26 से 55 साल है।… (व्यवधान)
महिलाओं के लिए वह ऐज 23 से 50 साल है।…(व्यवधान) मैं यह कह रहा हूं कि इस सरकार ने समय-समय पर क्या होना चाहिए, इस बारे में बहुत कुछ किया है। मैं आपको बताना चाहता हूं कि जो इसका क्लॉज़-3 है, इसमें कमेंसमेंट क्या होगा। क्लोज रिलेशनशिप के बारे में आप समझें, इसमें दो चीजें हैं। मैं मंत्री जी से आग्रह करूंगा, यह एक बड़ा प्रश्न है कि क्लोज रिलेशनशिप क्या होगी?…(व्यवधान) आपका जो 1984 का एक्ट है, मान लीजिए यदि किसी को ट्रांसप्लांट कराना है, उसमें बेटे को, बेटी को, वाइफ को आप क्लोज रिलेटिव मानते हैं। इसी प्रकार से हमने जो कंपनी बिल पास किया है, उसमें रिलेटिव की अलग डेफिनिशन है।…(व्यवधान) लेकिन , ये जो चीजें हैं, ये आपने फ्री रखी हैं और मेरा आपसे आग्रह है कि क्लोज रिलेशनशिप में ये चीजें कैसे ठीक होंगी, यदि आप इसका जवाब देंगे तो अच्छा होगा?…(व्यवधान)
इसके बाद, हमने Regulation of Surrogacy
and Surrogacy Procedures बनाया है।…(व्यवधान) हमने क्लॉज-4 में डिस्ट्रिक्ट मेडिकल बोर्ड का गठन किया है। उसमें कौन-कौन से डिस्ट्रिक्ट मेडिकल बोर्ड के मैम्बर होंगे, उसकी व्यवस्था की है। सरोगेसी क्लिनिक कौन होगा, इसकी व्यवस्था हमने की है, इसके मैम्बर राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर कौन होंगे, इसके मैम्बर स्टेट स्तर पर कौन होंगे, इसकी व्यवस्था की गई है, क्योंकि
यह समय बहुत भाषण देने का नहीं है। भारत सरकार बहुत सोच-समझकर एक अच्छा एवं ऐतिहासिक बिल लाई है।…(व्यवधान) मोदी जी का विचार जो महिलाओं के प्रति है, गरीबों के प्रति है, मोदी जी का प्रचार जो ‘बेटी बचाओ बेटी पढ़ाओ’ के प्रति है, मोदी जी का विचार ‘सबका साथ सबका विकास’ के प्रति है, मोदी जी का विचार जो कांग्रेस के भ्रष्टाचार के खात्मे के लिए है, उसके लिए सदन से आग्रह है कि इस बिल को पास करा दें। इन्हीं शब्दों के साथ जय हिन्द, जय भारत।
SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SADANAND
SULE (BARAMATI): Madam, I stand on behalf of my Party to make a short speech
because it is a very important speech. I wish we had more time. But, I would,
on behalf of all my colleagues, request that you give them a hearing. If the
JPC is formed, maybe we can have a better debate here. I would request my
colleagues to hear what they are saying. … (Interruptions)
Madam, I
congratulate the hon. Minister for bringing such an important social issue. It
is because surrogacy is not just about the morals, as the earlier hon. Member
was speaking, it is about parenthood. Nobody can justify what the yardstick of
a parenthood is. There are just a few short points that I would like to ask. …
(Interruptions)
The hon.
Minister has said that there is a five-year clause. Sir, fertility does not
take five years to be justified. So, why five years? There could be couples who
scientifically can prove that they are infertile. So, I really do not feel the
scientific reason of a five-year clause. So, I would request the hon. Minister
to re-think the five-year clause. … (Interruptions)
Secondly, there
could be very fertile couples who do not have children. History and data show
it, if you look at the National Survey of India. As a matter of fact, Mahtab Ji
had a question in the year 2014 in this 16th Lok Sabha where the
reply was that 8.2 per cent women have fertility issues, which is a substantial
number. … (Interruptions) So, in this case, there could be no evidence
of fertility. But, there could be men and women, who are both fertile, but do
not manage to have children. So, sometimes, it even challenges science. Suppose
a couple is married for several years and cannot have a child. But, they are
still fertile and do not produce. So, why should they be left out of this, if
they are deserving couples? So, I request the hon. Minister to re-consider as
to why this should be. There are cases and data has shown it. So, these are two
Clauses I will like you to re-look at. … (Interruptions)
A lot has been
said technically about ‘close relative’ by Dr. Kakoli. That is something he
needs to clarify. I request him to do that. … (Interruptions)
Another issue is
about ‘single parent’. There are so many single parents in the Adoption Bill.
You allow single woman and man to adopt children. So, if you can adopt a child,
why can you not have a surrogate child? There are categories like widow,
single, divorcee or transgender. … (Interruptions) After passing such a
historic Bill just day before yesterday, I see no reason why it has to have a
condition of being married. Can a single parent not have children? There are
generations where people have had that. So, I do not think we should do that.
We must insist that they get it.
Out of 42 recommendations
made, only 11 have been taken up by this. So, you could take all 42
recommendations or give a clarification for not taking up … (Interruptions).
Lastly, there is
a certificate required. Now what will be the time-bound manner for us to get
certificate because the application is made but there is no methodology spelt
out? So will that be done? If so, how soon will that be done? In this
country, if there are one lakh women, 136 women die also in pregnancy. So, it
is a very sensitive issue and with the noise, I would like to express it but at
least given the circumstances, I would like to make a small intervention. It
is a very good Bill and we support it… (Interruptions). But it is not
modern enough. I would submit that a child is something which is an emotional
thing. Let us not get caught only into the rights and wrongs of the Bill.
Every human being deserves the child. It is the ultimate that any parent can
have. Madam, fortunately, you and I have had that blessing. So let us make
sure that every couple deserves a child and let us give them a chance… (Interruptions).
Let us not get into just the illegality. Let us see that it is a fair and a
good legislation which will help all parents who are looking for this
happiness… (Interruptions).
DR. BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD
(BHONGIR): Madam, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I also
congratulate the Minister for bringing this Bill… (Interruptions).
Madam, in the
Hindu mythology, Lord Balrama was born through surrogacy where the Devki’s
pregnancy was transferred to Rohini by Maya. We have had umpteen instances of
surrogacy in Mahabharata and other mythologies… (Interruptions).
Now we are
caught between science and the common sense. The science gives opportunity to
the childless couples to have a child through surrogacy as they are infertile
because of various reasons. We have to give this facility of motherhood to the
infertile couple. There is no doubt about it… (Interruptions).
Madam, the whole
problem about this Bill is that it has been brought in because of the commercial
nature of surrogacy. If we have to take into consideration the commercial
nature of surrogacy, what is happening now? As has been pointed out by the
speaker who just now spoke, there is a five year clause… (Interruptions).
As a doctor I can say that we do not have to wait for five years in all the
cases. There are certain medical conditions like lack of ovaries, lack of
wombs, lack of sperms, azoospermia in the male, etc. In such cases, they are
infertile outrightly. You do not have to wait for five years. Suppose we fall
from 10th floor of a building. We do not have to wait to know what
will happen because either we would get injured or else we would die… (Interruptions).
Similarly, in the infertile couple who are suffering from azoospermia, we do
not have to wait for five years. Therefore, I would urge upon the Minister to
re-consider it. If there is no chance of a couple getting fertile, they have
to go for surrogacy… (Interruptions).
The second
question is regarding the commercial use and illegality. Now what is
commercial use? We have three people in this whole scenario. One is the
intending couple. The second is the surrogate mother and the third is the
doctor and the centre which would give the scientific service. Now the definition
of ‘close relative’ is not given anywhere… (Interruptions). The
surrogate mother can be a close relative or a cousin or she may not be a close
relative. Suppose an authority gives them a certificate that they are close
relatives but the surrogate mother takes money for extending the services of
surrogacy. Then, who will be punished? Is the surrogate mother going to be
punished or would the doctors who are going to give service be punished or is
the intending couple going to be punished? This point has not been made in
this Bill. If the surrogate mother takes the money even if she is a close
relative, do you mean to say that that close relative is going to be punished?
… (Interruptions). If the doctor does not know what is the commercial
agreement between the close relative and the intending couple, is the doctor
going to be punished? I think though the intention is good, the content can be
misused. Whenever we bring more authorities into the system, the chances of
misuse are more. … (Interruptions).
My request would
be this. … (Interruptions) As there is so much of pandemonium going on
in the House, I would like to state that better late than never, while framing
the rules and the guidelines if the hon. Minister can correct all these things,
it would be better because the people who extend the services should not be
punished unnecessarily. … (Interruptions) Otherwise, I can challenge
that no one in this country will ever attempt to extend the services of the
surrogacy. Before we take a challenge; before we put a legislation, we have to
take care of three parties involved in the entire gamut of the surrogacy – the
surrogate mother, the intending couple and the service provider. … (Interruptions)
These three people should be safeguarded. I hope, the Minister will take
precautions while framing the guidelines. Thank you very much.
SHRI DHARAM VIRA GANDHI
(PATIALA): First of all, I stand here to congratulate the hon. Minister of
Health, Shri J.P. Naddaji for putting forward and bringing out this most
advanced Bill on surrogacy. Surrogacy is a big problem in India. … (Interruptions)
Infertility has grown manifold during the last ten to fifteen years and the
infertility centres have cropped up and sprangled up like anything as much as
to the tune of 6000, all over the country and are exploiting the issueless
couples to a big extent. … (Interruptions) This Bill was mandatory to
regulate the surrogacy rules; surrogacy problems in our country.
I have few
suggestions to make. First of all, it is not in the interest of the intending
parents or the infertile parents. It is in the interest of the surrogate mother
which is also to be looked at equally by this law.
Secondly, I
fully agree with my earlier speaker that the age for decision to have a child
through surrogacy should not be decided by years. It can be decided within a
very short period of time, for example, in the case of congenital absence of
ovaries and total azoospermia. … (Interruptions) These are the
conditions for which the patient can be taken up for a surrogate child even
after one year or so, if the couple desire so.
Thirdly, I firmly believe
that only Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), who are passport holders should be
allowed to avail the facility of surrogacy in India. The Foreign Passport Holders
or the Foreign Nationals should not be allowed to avail the surrogacy
provisions or the surrogacy facilities in our country. … (Interruptions)
So, I once again congratulate the hon. Minister for bringing out this very-very
important and advanced Bill to this country. I stand and support this Bill
fully and wholeheartedly. Thank you.
HON. SPEAKER: Now, Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde – Not
Present
श्री कौशलेन्द्र कुमार (नालंदा): अध्यक्ष महोदया, आपने मुझे इस महत्वपूर्ण बिल पर बोलने का मौका दिया है, इसके लिए मैं आपको धन्यवाद देता हूं। …(व्यवधान)
सरकार सरोगेट मदर के विषय मे सही प्रक्रिया एवं विनियमन का प्रावधान कर राष्ट्रीय सरोगेसी बोर्ड और राज्य सरोगेसी बोर्ड का गठन कर रही है। यह काफी सराहनीय कदम है। …(व्यवधान) इससे सरोगेसी मदर को ठगने और उसके साथ काम निकालने के बाद उसे छोड़ देने की बात अब नहीं होगी। अब कॉमर्शियल सरोगेसी भी प्रारंभ हो रहा है। …(व्यवधान) इसे लीगल किया जा रहा है। यहां थोड़ा ध्यान देने की जरूरत है, क्योंकि
यह देखा जाता है कि शुरुआती समय में उस महिला की काफी पुछ होती है और उसका ख्याल रखा जाता है, किन्तु काम निकलने के बाद उसे उसके हालात पर छोड़ दिया जाता है। बहुत से विकसित देशों में भी सरोगेसी पर प्रतिबंध है। …(व्यवधान)
अत: इस विषय को ध्यान में रखना होगा। सरकार को सुनिश्चित करना होगा कि सरोगेट माताओं के साथ काम निकालने के बाद उनके साथ अनैतिक व्यवहार, शोषण और सरोगेसी से उत्पन्न बालकों के परित्याग की घटनाएं नहीं हों। …(व्यवधान) आशा है कि इस कानून के प्रभाव में आने के बाद देश में किराए की कोख सेवाओं में सरोगेट माताओं के साथ अनैतिक व्यवहार पर नियंत्रण होगा। …(व्यवधान)
कॉमर्शियल सरोगेसी की घटनाएं रुकेंगी। सरोगेसी में पैदा हुए बालकों का शोषण नहीं होगा। साथ ही प्रजनन क्षमता से वंचित दम्पत्ति भी माँ-बाप का सुख भोग सकेंगे।
इन्हीं शब्दों के साथ मैं इस विधेयक का समर्थन करते हुए अपनी बात समाप्त करता हूं। … (व्यवधान)
श्री जय प्रकाश नारायण यादव (बाँका): माननीय अध्यक्ष महोदया, आपने सरोगेसी बिल, 2016 पर मुझे बोलने का मौका दिया, इसके लिए धन्यवाद। देश में “बेटी पढ़ाओ-बेटी बचाओ” का नारा दिया गया है लेकिन आज बेटियों की अस्मिता खतरे में है। उनके साथ दुष्कर्म हो रहा है और बिहार में मुजफ्फरपुर इसका जीता-जागता उदाहरण है। …(व्यवधान) आज देश में नारी का बहुत अपमान हो रहा है, जिसे बचाने में सरकार विफल हुई है। जहां तक इस बिल का सवाल है, हमारी भारतीय सभ्यता, भारतीय संस्कार, भारतीय संस्कृति में भारी गोरखधंधा सरोगेसी के नाम पर किया गया और दौलत कमाने का काम किया गया है। …( व्यवधान) इसे व्यवसाय बना लिया गया है। कानून बनाया जा रहा है, लेकिन इस बात का ध्यान रखना चाहिए कि इसका दुरुपयोग न होने पाए। हमें लगता है कि अच्छा काम करने के लिए कानून लाया जाता है लेकिन जैसे कहा गया कि अच्छे दिन आएंगे, लेकिन अच्छे दिन नहीं आए बुरे दिन आ गए। 15 लाख रुपये आएंगे, लेकिन आए नहीं। दो करोड़ नौजवानों को नौकरी देने की बात कही गई, लेकिन उन्हें कहा गया कि पकौड़े की दुकान खोलो। …( व्यवधान) देश में दिखावे के लिए अच्छे-अच्छे बिल लाए जाते हैं। लेकिन आज जो यह सरोगेसी बिल आया है, मेरा कहना है कि इसका अच्छा यूज होना चाहिए और कानून अच्छी तरह से लागू होना चाहिए और इसे गोरखधंधा या व्यवसाय न माना जाए। … ( व्यवधान)
SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN
(KOLLAM): Madam Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. … (Interruptions)
The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 is a very comprehensive Bill which is
prohibiting the commercial surrogacy as well as legalising surrogacy. … (Interruptions)
That is the significant feature of this Bill. This Bill is also preventing the
unethical practices which are being followed in the country in the field of
surrogacy. … (Interruptions)
I would like to
highlight a point regarding the children born out of the surrogated mother. … (Interruptions)
Sufficient care and protection should be provided to the children who are born
out of the surrogated mother because after their birth, most probably there is
a chance of discrimination. … (Interruptions)
Madam, another important
fact which I would like to point out to the hon. Minister is – most of the hon.
Members have already spoken about it – regarding the distinction between
commercial surrogacy and ethical surrogacy. … (Interruptions) This has
not been well explained in this Bill. It has to be made very clear. That is the
only one deficiency or lacuna which is found in this Bill. … (Interruptions)
So, the commercial surrogacy as well as the ethical surrogacy, as it has been
rightly stated in the aims and objects of the Bill, the word itself is very
clear. … (Interruptions) So, that has to be distinct. Otherwise, it will
be creating problems.
As rightly pointed out by
Shrimati Supriya Sule, the fertile couples can have children even five years
after their marriage. Some persons want to maintain their beauty and so they
want to avoid child birth. … (Interruptions) In this way, this can be
misused. On this point also, I would like to seek a clarification from the hon.
Minister. … (Interruptions)
These are the points which
I wanted to make. With these words, I support the Bill. … (Interruptions)
श्री जगत प्रकाश नड्डा : माननीय अध्यक्ष महोदया, 9 वक्ताओं ने इस बिल पर अपना मत रखा है। …( व्यवधान) मैंने शुरू में कहा कि आज एक ऐतिहासिक दिन है, जब एक ऐतिहासिक बिल पर चर्चा हो रही है। …( व्यवधान) यह ऐतिहासिक घटना है कि इतने हो-हल्ले के बावजूद भी इतनी क्वालिटी डिबेट हुई है। इस क्वालिटी डिबेट के लिए मैं सबको बधाई देना चाहता हूं। …( व्यवधान) I really appreciate all
the hon. Members who have positively participated in this debate. … (Interruptions)
The quality debate which has taken place and the issues which they have raised
shows really the concern of the Members of Parliament as to how we are
concerned about protecting the dignity and interests of women, protecting the
children and also see that they are not exploited and at the same time ensure
that they are given the best type of treatment from the point of view of
medical science. … (Interruptions) The issues which have been raised
about their health and their concerns are well taken.
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First of all, I
would like to appreciate the quality of debate which has taken place in this
Parliament in so much of noise and hue and cry. But this debate has taken
place and I really thank all of you. The issue for which this Bill has come is
first of all to see to it that commercial surrogacy does not take place. कमर्शियल सरोगेसी को हम टोटली रिजेक्ट करते हैं। यही लॉ कमीशन की रिपोर्ट भी है और सुप्रीम कोर्ट की अंडरस्टैंडिंग है। All sections of the
society, all NGOs and all civil societies have said that commercial surrogacy
should go. But at the same time, the intention is to save the family और यदि फैमिली में कोई बच्चा पैदा नहीं हो पा रहा है, तो उसे कैसे रेगुलेट कर सकते हैं ताकि मॉडर्न साइंस की फैसिलिटी के द्वारा अपना बच्चा होने की सुविधा दी जा सके, इस बात को ध्यान में रखते हुए इस बिल को लाया गया है। फैमिली का मतलब है, एक रजिस्टर्ड, डिक्लेयर्ड हसबैंड एंड वाइफ, जिनके हर प्रयासों के पश्चात् conception is not taking
place and this is proved that the conception is not taking place, तो उसके लिए इस बिल के माध्यम से रेगुलेट करने की कोशिश की गई है। सभी मेम्बर्स ने कहा है कि पहली बार अन-रेगुलेटेड एरिया को रेगुलेट करने की कोशिश की गई है। इसे हम आगे बढ़ाना चाहते हैं। इस दृष्टि से हम इस बिल को रखना चाहते हैं।
आपने जो प्रश्न उठाये हैं, उनके कुछ विषयों के बारे में, चूंकि इसमें 23 अमेंडमेंड्स आने वाले हैं, जिनसे बहुत-सी बातें क्लीयर होने वाली हैं, उनको भी आपके सामने रखना चाहता हूँ।
जहाँ तक एआरटी बिल की बात है, एआरटी बिल को इसके साथ क्यों नहीं लाया गया? एआरटी बिल के सारे सजेशंस रिसीव कर लिये गये हैं। वे कंसिडरेशन में हैं। But at the same time, the
Law Commission and the Supreme Court were clear that Surrogacy Bill should come
as soon as possible. तो हमें एआरटी बिल और इसे सेगरिगेट करना पड़ा। But that is also very
much under consideration. We have received all inputs from all organizations
and we are working on it. This is what I have to say और सेरोगेसी बिल को हम लेकर आये हैं।
The second issue was about
the embryo. We have said “56 days”, but Madam Kakoli said that it could be
preserved for years together. In the same way, about the foetus, we have
mentioned 57 days, but she said that it could be preserved for a much longer
time. This will be deliberated while framing the rules and regulations and we
are open to that. So, this is how I would like to comment on this issue.
The issue related to
Section 377, उस इश्यु पर हम यह कहना चाहते हैं कि यह रेगुलेशन और यह सुविधा डिफाइंड फैमिलीज के लिए देने वाले हैं। Section 377 only
withdraws the criminalization of the same sex living together, but persons in
live-in relationship, or a single parent - they do constitute the family. So,
keeping that factor in view, जो डिफाइंड फैमिलीज़ हैं, अभी उन्हीं को यह सुविधा देने का प्रयास कर रहे हैं।
With regard to the query
on the foetus and embryologist, as I told you that it would come under the
rules and regulations and we would take care of it accordingly.
SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE
: There are many families where either the mother or father or the parents have
died. So, I humbly request you not to say that a family should be complete or
it should be husband and wife.
I would humbly request
you, Sir. It is not fair to say that a single parent is not a family. If you
do not mind, please clarify it because it is going on the records of the
Parliament. It is my humble request.
SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA:
Supriya Suleji, I respect your sentiments. But at this point of time, we are
talking about the family. There are other methods also of adoption and other
ways where a person, a single family can have a child. So, that would be taken
care of.
Madam, the third
point was about the NRIs. At present, NRIs are included in the Bill. It is
only the foreigners, who are not included. But NRIs are included in the Bill.
That is what I would like to say about it … (Interruptions)
On the issue
relating to the certificate of infertility, the certificate is to be given
within 90 days. Here, the number of days have been specified. So, the
certificate will be given within 90 days … (Interruptions)
In the same way,
the appeal against the decision of not allowing surrogacy will be decided
within 30 days. They can appeal within 30 days; and they will be heard and
given the opportunity. So, accordingly, it would be decided … (Interruptions)
There was one
big issue about the close relatives. This also will be decided in the rules
and regulations. Accordingly, we would have discussions. So, this issue will
also be taken care of and we will move forward … (Interruptions)
Shri N.K.
Pramachandranji asked about altruistic surrogacy. Altruistic surrogacy is a
surrogacy where there is no commercial consideration. So, I have tried to
address his point … (Interruptions)
SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:
Madam, the hon. Minister has said that a lot of changes would come forth in the
regulations.
SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA:
Mahtabji, there would be no changes. The issues raised by you will be taken
care of in the rules and regulations.
SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB :
This is one of my points that you are delegating a lot of law-making provisions
to the regulators. That should not happen. That should be rather part of the
Bill and the part of the law. It would be easier … (Interruptions)
SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA:
I totally agree with you. But for the first time, it is being regulated. We will
take care accordingly … (Interruptions)
So, with these
words, Madam Speaker, I would request that this House should consider this
historic Bill and pass it unanimously. Thank you.… (Interruptions)
HON. SPEAKER: The question is:
“That the Bill to constitute National Surrogacy Board,
State Surrogacy Boards and appointment of appropriate authorities for
regulation of the practice and process of surrogacy and for matters connected
therewith or incidental thereto, be taken into consideration ”
The
motion was adopted.
… (Interruptions)
HON. SPEAKER: The House
will, now, take up clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill.
Clause 2
Definitions
Amendments made:
‘Page1, for lines
10 to 14, substitute—
‘(a) “abandoned child” means a child born
out of surrogacy procedure, deserted by his intending parents or guardians and
who has been declared as abandoned by the appropriate authority after due
enquiry;’. (3)
Page 2, line 32, for ‘ (n) “human embryologist”’ ,substitute ‘(n)
“embryologist”’. (4)
Page 3, after line 12, insert—
‘(ya) “sex selection” shall have the same
meaning as assigned to it in clause (o) of section 2 of the Pre-conception and
Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994;’. (5)
(Shri
Jagat Prakash Nadda)
HON. SPEAKER: The question is:
“That clause 2, as amended, stand part of
the Bill.”
The motion was adopted.
Clause 2, as amended, was
added to the Bill.
Clause 3 Prohibition and
regulation of
surrogacy clinics
Amendments made:
‘Page 3, line 40, omit “human”. (6)
Page 3, line 46, omit “human”. (7)
Page 4, line 5, omit “human”. (8)
Page 4, line 18, omit “human”. (9)
Page 4, line 26, omit “human”. (10)
Page 4, after line 30, insert—
“(viii) no surrogacy clinic, registered medical
practitioner, gynaecologist, paediatrician, embryologist, intending couple or
any other person shall be involved in any form of sex selection for
surrogacy.”.’ (11)
(Shri
Jagat Prakash Nadda)
HON. SPEAKER: The question is:
“That clause 3, as amended, stand part of
the Bill.”
The motion was adopted.
Clause 3, as amended, was
added to the Bill.
Clause 4 Regulation of surrogacy
and
surrogacy procedure
Amendments made:
‘Page 5, line 21, after “surrogate
mother”, insert “,for a period of sixteen months covering postpartum
delivery complications.” (12)
Page 5, for lines 34 to 36, substitute—
“(IIA) no woman shall act as a surrogate mother by providing her own
gametes;”;
(III) no woman shall act as a surrogate mother more than once in her
life time:”’ (13)
(Shri
Jagat Prakash Nadda)
HON. SPEAKER: The question is:
“That clause 4, as amended, stand part of
the Bill.”
The motion was adopted.
Clause 4, as amended, was
added to the Bill.
Clause 5 was added to the
Bill.
Clause 6 Written informed consent
of surrogate mother
Amendment made:
Page 6, after line
11, insert-
“(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section
(1), the surrogate mother shall have an option to withdraw the practice of
surrogacy before the implantation of embryo in her womb.”. (14)
(Shri
Jagat Prakash Nadda)
HON. SPEAKER: The question is:
“That clause 6, as
amended, stand part of the Bill.”
The motion was ad |