• Shivangi Sharma
• Shivangi Sharma

The legal status of surrogacy agreements differs substantially from country to country. For example, surrogacy is completely banned in some countries yet allowed in others. In the countries that allow for surrogacy there is a further division between the ones who allow surrogacy entirely, meaning allowing for commercial surrogacy, and those who merely allow for surrogacy with no financial gain (altruistic) for the surrogate mother. Each of these countries has their own statutory provisions regulating the surrogacy process. In some countries surrogacy arrangements continue to take place due to the simple fact that there is a lack of proper regulation of the surrogacy process in that particular country. This paper is of paramount importance as it is relevant to understand the intention enshrined under Article 51(c) of the Constitution, which states that, “The State shall endeavour to— (c) foster respect for international law and treaty obligations in the dealings of organized peoples with one another; and.” This study will be limited to the countries that have regulations in place that legalise commercial surrogacy and the ones who due to the lack of proper regulation also allow for commercial surrogacy.

Surrogacy, International Commercial Surrogacy, Legal Status, vitro- fertilization, Human Rights, right to procreation, Reproductive Autonomy.

"SURROGACY, HOPE TO HAVE FAMILY: AN INTERNATIONAL REGIME OF CONFLICTING LAWS.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 10, page no.807-816, October-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2010101.pdf

"SURROGACY, HOPE TO HAVE FAMILY: AN INTERNATIONAL REGIME OF CONFLICTING LAWS.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 10, page no. pp807-816, October-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2010101.pdf