Bangkok (VNA) - Thai authorities are preparing to change the surrogacylaw to help foreign couples access the service in the country, according to theDepartment of Health Service Support.
As reported by the Bangkok Post, Deputy Director-Generalof the department Arkhom Praditsuwan said the amendment will allow foreigncouples to bring in prospective surrogate mothers or choose Thai women for therole. A department committee is currently drafting the relevant regulations.
The bill will also spell out detailed methods to preventhuman trafficking, he said.
The current law, formally known as the Protection forChildren Born through Assisted Reproductive Technologies Act, took effect in2015, with tough regulations to control surrogacy and a ban on its use byforeign couples.
This year, the official said, the department will also pushfor amendments to the act to, for example, allow women’s biological relativesaged 20-40 to donate eggs, and to permit women older than 55 to arrange for surrogacymothers for their children.
Fertility treatment is now offered at 115 facilities acrossThailand, consisting of 67 clinics, 31 private hospitals, and 17 public ones./.
As reported by the Bangkok Post, Deputy Director-Generalof the department Arkhom Praditsuwan said the amendment will allow foreigncouples to bring in prospective surrogate mothers or choose Thai women for therole. A department committee is currently drafting the relevant regulations.
The bill will also spell out detailed methods to preventhuman trafficking, he said.
The current law, formally known as the Protection forChildren Born through Assisted Reproductive Technologies Act, took effect in2015, with tough regulations to control surrogacy and a ban on its use byforeign couples.
This year, the official said, the department will also pushfor amendments to the act to, for example, allow women’s biological relativesaged 20-40 to donate eggs, and to permit women older than 55 to arrange for surrogacymothers for their children.
Fertility treatment is now offered at 115 facilities acrossThailand, consisting of 67 clinics, 31 private hospitals, and 17 public ones./.
VNA
