Union
Minister
Sushma
Swaraj
on
Wednesday
slammed
some
celebrities
who,
she
said,
have
made
surrogacy
a
'fashion'
and
'shauq'
(hobby).
Without
naming
anyone,
she
said
that
some
celebrities
who
already
have
kids
-
both
boys
and
girls
-
try
to
get
another
child
through
surrogacy
as
they
'don't
want
to
put
their
wives
in
(labour)
pain'.
"We
have
many
examples
of
celebrities
who
have
their
own
children,
still
they
have
gone
for
a
surrogate
child," she
said.
Bollywood
actors
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
Amir
Khan
and
Tusshar
Kapoor
are
some
of
the
celebrities
who
have
had
kids
through
surrogacy.
"I
am
pained
to
say
that
the
procedure
that
started
as
a
necessity,
has
become
a
hobby
of
sorts.
This
is
not
a
thing
for
pleasure...it
has
become
a
fashion
these
days,"
she
said
while
addressing
a
press
conference
in
Delhi.
The
Union
Cabinet
on
Wednesday
approved
the
Surrogacy
(Regulation)
Bill,
2016.
Sushma
Swaraj
headed
the
Group
of
Ministers
(GoM)
formed
to
look
into
the
issue
of
surrogacy.