No surrogacy law likely until after 2018 election: official

[geovalin]

Fri, 3 March 2017

Leonie Kijewski

 

A much-needed new surrogacy law might take more than a year to be adopted, an official at the General Secretariat of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT) said yesterday on the sidelines of a stakeholder conference.

 

A senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the topic’s increasing politicisation, explained that while a new law was in the making, its completion might take until after national elections in 2018.

 

“We’re trying hard, but everyone is busy with elections,” they said. “It’s quite controversial … and politicians don’t want to pass anything before the elections.”

 

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[elgordo38]

8 hours ago, geovalin said:

and politicians don’t want to pass anything before the elections.”

The only thing they want to pass is the "buck"