Ethics of Surrogacy:
Surrogacy in simple terms can be defined as an Assisted Reproductive Technique (ART) through which a woman carries pregnancy for another person or couple (intending parents or commissioning parents) and such woman is known as surrogate mother. Surrogacy is now the best technique for couples who are infertile but want to have their own child. In addition, the ever-rising prevalence of infertility the world over and advancements in the Assisted Reproductive Techniques had made quite easy to enter into surrogacy treatment or agreement. India is now the leader in international surrogacy and has emerged as the most sought after destination in surrogacy related fertility tourism.
The low cost of surrogacy in India and a favorable legal environment with the Supreme Court of India legalizing commercial surrogacy in 2004 has opened the doors for those willing to have their child or baby through surrogacy. The ethics of surrogacy are guided by human principles of living together in harmony with every human being having the right to give birth to their successors or for expanding their family. Commercial surrogacy is helping both the surrogate mother and the infertile couple where the former is able to enhance her living standards by getting the much-needed financial strength and to the latter their long desired biologically related baby. In developing economies like India, surrogacy is emerging as a foreign exchange earner and is helping the tourism industry to grow exponentially.
Kiran Infertility center:
There are well renowned fertility clinics or surrogate centers in India that are successfully helping infertile couples to have their biological child with low costs. In addition, surrogate mothers are well looked after both medically and financially by providing them with facilities such as health/life insurance cover, reimbursement or payment of medical bills and other reasonable expenses related to pregnancy and childbirth borne by intending parents. The fertility centers (IVF)/surrogacy centers in India follow the principles of confidentiality and the right to privacy of the donor as well as the surrogate mother. Majority of surrogate mothers feel proud that they are helping the infertile couple to have their own child with most of them having positive experience. They feel satisfaction in what they feel as an altruistic gesture towards the couple.
Surrogacy agreements are based on trust and mutual understanding of the parties involved that is surrogate mother, couple and the fertility clinic. Therefore, it is important to take into account some factors that can contribute to the positive outcome from a surrogacy agreement and these include-
- To have clear and open communication between all the parties.
- To have discussions between all parties involved regarding the fair and reasonable payment of expenses of the surrogate including covered expenses.
- A basic knowledge about the medical process involved in surrogacy treatment that includes being realistic about the timeline involved in getting the final outcome.
- Management of psychological factors involved in surrogacy with care and sensitivity.
- All the parties involved in surrogacy should be comfortable with the surrogacy agreement or plan.
We at Kiran infertility center strictly follow the ethics and basic principles/ethics of surrogacy with due care and diligence that is why we have clients from all around globe for availing our IVF and surrogacy services.
For further details, one can contact us through
Email: info@kiranivfgenetic.com
Phone No: Cell : +91-994-817-5768