Telangana Govt to bring law on surrogacy: Laxma Reddy

Hyderabad Nov 2: Telangana state Health Minister C Laxma Reddy on Thursday said that the government would try to bring in a law on surrogacy.He made the above remarks while replying to the concerns raised by the Congress members G Chinna Reddy, J Geeta Reddy and Padmavati Reddy regarding the sprouting of illegal infertility clinics in the city.Geeta Reddy said "Will the minister take up seriously that this government should be a pioneer in this, lead the way for the rest of the country and bring in an Act, Act for surrogacy," The health minister said that "A committee of experts has been appointed under the leadership of Justice Gopal Reddy, a retired judge. The committee has been appointed to give suggestions and advice on this. As per the suggestions of that committee," he said."The Centre introduced the surrogacy bill in Lok Sabha in 2016.We will follow the suggestions made in that...we will try to bring an Act, for the first time in India, as said by Geeta Reddy," the minister said.