Surrogacy regulation bill 2020: Will benefit widows, divorcees

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved major changes to the Surrogacy Bill, which entails that a "willing" woman can be a surrogate mother and a widow or divorced woman will also have a right to surrogacy apart from infertile Indian couples. the Cabinet approved Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020 to ensure effective regulation of surrogacy, prohibit commercial surrogacy and allow altruistic surrogacy. The right will be of widow and divorcee.