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Bill to regulate surrogacy passes second reading in House of Reps

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A bill for an Act to establish Nigeria Surrogacy Regulatory Commission has passed second reading in the House of Representatives.

The bill, which sought monitoring and supervision of surrogacy arrangements and to provide for the registration and regulation of surrogacy, was sponsored by Rep. Olamijuwonlo Alao-Akala (APC-Oyo) at on Thursday.

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Surrogacy is a process in which a woman carries and delivers a child or for a couple struggling to have children or an individual who wishes to have a baby but does not want to go through pregnancy at agreed terms.

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Alao-Akala, while speaking to newsmen after the plenary, said the bill, when passed into law, will protect the rights of all the parties involved, including the child.

According to him, the bill seeks to eliminate all forms discrimination, exploitation and will support and encourage struggling couples to have children.

“This kind of law is not a law of force, it is a law of choice, because this is about you wanting to have children and choosing to say would I go this route to have my children.

“It’s not a law that says everybody must have children through surrogacy, it is not a binding law.

“I know it is not going to be accepted fully everywhere at once because of culture and ,

“Like I said, it is not a forceful law, but a law put in place so that, when anybody wants to get involved in it, there are laws guiding it,” he said.


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