When Tusshar welcomed a baby boy born via IVF and surrogacy last June, the unmarried actor was unanimously applauded by Bollywood folk on the bold move. Experts also commented how the instance would give courage to many others to opt for assisted reproduction. But dealing a blow to the aspirations of wannabe parents, the Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill that seeks to replace commercial surrogacy. The new legislation, arguably, denies the right to surrogacy to single people, live-in partners, homosexuals and even married couples, who have co-parented biological or adopted children earlier.

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