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Parliament increases surrogacy age to from 18 to 25
Postpartum haemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide.
What you need to know:
Women who had children via surrogate mothers were previously forced to go through the legal process for the adoption of the babies.
Surrogate mother will legally be required to hand over the child on the first day after birth to the biological parents.
The legal age at which a woman can become a surrogate mother has now been set at 25.
Mbita MP Millie Odhiambo convinced MPs to approve the increase of the legal age from the 18 years stated in the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill, previously known as the In-Vitro Fertilisation Bill, which was approved by the National Assembly on Wednesday morning.
