Uganda, March 6 -- Only individuals with proven health complications that impede natural ability to reproduce will be eligible to contract the services of a surrogate, locking out those who may have opted for it on freewill.

This is one of the clauses contained in the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill, 2023, tabled in Parliament on Tuesday.

Surrogacy is when a woman carries a child within her uterus on behalf of another person or couple.

It is one form of Assisted Reproductive Treatment (ART). ART are medical procedures that assist individuals or couples in achieving pregnancy when natural conception is not possible or unlikely to be successful.

According to the law, licensed facilities will only offer or effect surrogacy ar...