Motion of the day
Thursday, May 7, 2026

This House would lift the ban on commercial surrogacy in India.

ethics

India banned commercial surrogacy in 2021 after a decade as the global hub. The ban removed an income source for thousands of women; it also closed off practices critics called exploitative. Two real harms in tension.

Government opens with
Prohibition pushes the practice underground without reducing demand; regulation is safer.
Opposition responds with
The Indian pre-ban market did not produce informed consent at the rates regulation requires.

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