Surrogate mothers pose for a photograph at a clinic near the city of Ahmedabad, in August 2013. File photo: Reuters
Surrogate mothers pose for a photograph at a clinic near the city of Ahmedabad, in August 2013. File photo: Reuters
India

Will India’s surrogacy ban drive childless couples and poor women underground?

  • Commercial surrogacy has been viewed as a win-win by couples struggling to conceive and women looking to escape poverty, even as exploitation was rife in the industry
  • But whether an outright ban will work remains to be seen, with observers fearing desperate parties will turn to an underground market, leaving poor women even more vulnerable

Surrogate mothers pose for a photograph at a clinic near the city of Ahmedabad, in August 2013. File photo: Reuters
Surrogate mothers pose for a photograph at a clinic near the city of Ahmedabad, in August 2013. File photo: Reuters
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