Thursday, April 25, 2013

Foreign gay couples can't have surrogate babies in India, says Home Ministry directive

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Foreign couples in live-in relationships, same-sex couples and singles will not be able to have surrogate babies in India anymore.

A Home Ministry directive on surrogacy is badly affecting foreigners seeking to become parents in India through surrogacy. The Home Ministry has asked the External Affairs Ministry to issue visas only to opposite sex couples seeking to have a surrogate baby in the country. The ministry has further said such couples should be married for at least two years.

Though there is no law on surrogacy in India, the Indian Council of Medical Research has drafted Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2010 which deals with the issue. According to the Bill, assisted reproductive technology will be available to all persons, including single persons, married couples and unmarried couples, a member of the drafting committee said.

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Gays news - Calif. bill would require insurance to cover infertility treatments for gay, lesbian couples Via @ WeeCare Surrogacy

California lawmakers have submitted legislation that would require group insurance to cover gay and lesbian infertility treatments just as they do heterosexual. The problem is, the law would apply to anyone, regardless of gender.
The bill doesn’t require a homosexual couple to go through any types of treatment or methods, such as heterosexual sex, surrogacy, artificial insemination, etc. Rather, the mere inability to conceive a pregnancy or carry a pregnancy while having active sexual relations is sufficient to show a need for treatment.


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Monday, April 1, 2013

Surrogacy India - Our Surrogacy Adventure in Mumbai

Our Surrogacy Adventure in Mumbai


Two Guys from San Diego on their way to Parenthood
 
I will try to open the first act of our blog by introducing ourselves with a few words. We are a gay couple from San Diego, and we are on our way to fulfilling one of our dreams: becoming parents. After a few ups and downs, we came to the conclusion that Surrogacy would be our best option and, after a few more ups and downs, we decided that we would hire WeeCare Partners USA to fulfill our dream.

We are now 18 weeks pregnant.

Surrogacy in India is not for the faint of heart. Like all the people who are currently going through the same experience, we have had our fair share of stress, but we have met wonderful people along the way...

First of all, we have met another San Diego gay couple who just had two baby boys. They gave us valuable advice and connected us to Victor Hui Wee’s agency (WeeCare Partners USA, service agency for India Surrogacy). Victor has basically enabled our dream, connecting us with more wonderful people, such as Dr. Meenakshi Puranik who is supervising the whole process. We are very thankful to have met such an amazing and talented woman. We also have to thank our egg donation agency and our egg donor, who has been wonderful and charming. We would also like to mention our driver, Sachin, who has guided us through the chaos of Mumbai’s traffic.
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