The Department of Health Service Support (DHSS) is seeking to amend the law to allow commercial surrogacy which can help curb the illegal trading of babies.
The agency is pursuing an amendment to the Protection of Children Born from Assisted Reproductive Technologies Act — the ART Act — which would allow women to be hired legally as surrogates, the DHSS director-general, Dr Tares Krassanairawiwong, said yesterday.
The amendment would also enable foreigners to obtain legal surrogacy services in Thailand, he said.
Currently, a woman who is not biologically related to a husband and wife seeking a surrogacy service due to a fertility problem is allowed to serve as a surrogate only if the couple do not have a blood relative capable of doing so. The service must also not be for profit, he said. Now the DHSS is in the process of considering what requirements a…
