Although Abortion is a matter of personal choice and would differ from person to person, the main evil in such cases is the fear o society . The constitutionality may be justified or condemned but the remainder is always about what people would say. Most countries accepted abortion on certain conditions but how are they…
The Government of India has decided to come out with a law to regulate the business of IVF and Surrogacy in the country. The proposed legislation was drafted by a team of experts from the field of medicine and law but has not been finalized and implemented till now. Formerly, ICMR guidelines, ART bill and…
Commercial surrogacy refers to compensated surrogacy, in which the surrogate mother is paid a monetary sum in addition to reimbursement of everyday medical expenses for carrying a child in her womb. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill was approved in 2019 after nearly two years of discussion, making commercial surrogacy illegal. Surrogacy is a procedure in which…
Commercial surrogacy refers to compensated surrogacy, in which the surrogate mother is paid a monetary sum in addition to reimbursement of everyday medical expenses for carrying a child in her womb. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill was approved in 2019 after nearly two years of discussion, making commercial surrogacy illegal. Surrogacy is a procedure in which…
IntroductionArticle 39(e) &(f) of the Constitution of India provides that the State shall, in particular,direct its policy towards securing health and strength of workers, men, and women, and thetender age of children are not abused and that citizens are not forced by economicnecessity to enter avocations unsuited to their age and that children are given…
Abortion, a subject often discussed in medico-legal circles, interims various streams of thoughts and multiple discipline, like theology, because most religions have something to say in the matter, ethics, because human conduct and its moral evaluation are the basic issues involved; medicine (in several of its sub-disciplines), because, interference with the body for a curative…
Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour, experience and mental processes. Behaviour includes all of our outward or overt actions and reactions, such as talking, facial expressions and movement. Mental processes refer to all the internal, covert actions of our minds, such as thinking, feeling and remembering. To study behaviour and mental processes in both…
Voluntarily terminating a pregnancy is a criminal offence under the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971 permits medical doctors (with specific specialisation) to terminate a pregnancy on certain conditions. A pregnancy can be terminated at any time up to 12 weeks if one doctor agrees, and up to 20…
INTRODUCTION: Surrogacy is a practice in which a third-party woman carries and gives birth to another couple’s child. This could be due to a variety of medical issues preventing the mother from giving birth or having children. The word “surrogacy” comes from the Latin word “subrogate,” which meaning “to supplant.” Surrogacy is frequently pursued when…
The human body is a marvel of engineering. The future of childbirth in the form of test tube infants, as well as surrogate motherhood enabled by new reproductive and cloning technology, will open up hitherto unimagined sexual options. Surrogacy is an assisted reproduction approach in which a woman agrees to become pregnant for the goal…
