Before the Commercial Surrogacy ban, India was the most popular and affordable surrogacy destination but after the surrogacy ban for foreigners, it was a challenge to select the best destination for surrogacy in comparison to Indian surrogacy services while Georgia got more famous for legal couple surrogacy.
Now in Dec 2022, Surrogacy Regulation Act 2022 prohibits commercial surrogacy in India for everyone.
Fertility tourism has become a booming industry as infertility issues rise day by day.
The fertility treatment approach has greatly changed after gradual advancement in Assisted Reproductive technology.
Media coverage showcases the success story of different techniques of ART, which increase awareness among the general population.
Nowadays, people open up enough to discuss this topic.
Here is an example of Georgia as an alternative to Indian Surrogacy after the Surrogacy Ban for foreigners:
Surrogacy is one of the advanced assisted reproductive technologies.
Many celebrities have opted for surrogacy to complete their families.
The media had already covered the success stories of surrogacy.
However current worldwide economic growth allows the general population to think about becoming a biological parent by opting for surrogacy who is unable to build up their family due to fertility issues.
Surrogacy mainly two types: altruistic surrogacy and commercial surrogacy.
Altruistic surrogacy is the arrangement without involving compensation to the surrogate for carrying the baby in her womb.
But in commercial surrogacy, the woman who agrees to carry a baby for them gets compensation for this job.
International Commercial Surrogacy allows the starting of surrogacy tourism.
Increasing the infertility rate and expensive cost of surrogacy in Western countries made India a preferable surrogacy tourism site during the year 2002 to 2015.
The cost of surrogacy in India is one-half or one-third in comparison with Western countries.
The majority of surrogate mothers in India belong to poorly educated, rural, and improvised backgrounds.
They could be easily exploited. The Indian government introduced ‘The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill’ in 2016 to protect vulnerable Indian women from exploitation.
The Surrogacy Regulation Act 2021 prohibited commercial surrogacy in India completely.
The amendment of subsisted laws and guidelines was later modified by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
On 5th August 2019, Lok Sabha passed this Bill and now commercial surrogacy is completely banned in India.
Altruistic surrogacy is also prohibited for foreigners, NRIs, and PIOs from Indian commissioning surrogacy law.
In India, only married couples having a minimum of five years of continuation of marital status have the legal right to opt for altruistic surrogacy.
Intended parents can only seek their close relatives for surrogacy.
Not even Indian single parents, couples in a live-in relationship, or homosexual couples are allowed to opt for surrogacy in India.
In this present Indian scenario, Georgia is the best alternative surrogacy destination.
In Georgia, both altruistic and commercial surrogacy arrangements are legally accepted. Although there is regulated surrogacy law in Georgia, the efficient legal process followed in Georgia to proficiently regulate the surrogacy process.
Georgia has excellent surrogacy service providers with expert professionals to support the world-class facilities to both intended parents and surrogate mothers.
Both intended parents and surrogates have signed the consent form before the treatment procedure starts.
The intended parents get complete legal parenting authority.
The birth certificate is issued with the name of the intended parents within 24 hours of childbirth.
The cost of surrogacy is also reasonable along with getting the assurance of a suitable match.
These benefits are under one country that has made Georgia a suitable Surrogacy tourism destination.
The birth certificate is issued with the name of the intended parents within 24 hours of childbirth.
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Ravi Sharma is a self-motivated, successful entrepreneur and has a solid experience in the fertility segment. and he is the director at ARTbaby Global (ARThealthcare). He is a pharmacy graduate with post-graduation in business administration and has 14 years of rich experience in the field of infertility segment. He loves to write about IVF, Surrogacy, and other ART (assisted reproductive technology) news, issues, and updates. He is a Pharmacy graduate (B. Pharm) and M.B.A (marketing).
His most recent success includes the successful launch of the medical tourism company, ARTbaby, which offers treatment options for infertility, egg donation, and surrogacy. He likes spending time with his family and writing about various aspects of IVF surrogacy and donating eggs.
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