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NEW DELHI: With an unregulated surrogacy industry thriving in India, rich couples are preying on domestic helps and housemaids coercing them to step up to the task. There is little or no protection for the surrogate mother controlled in the most part by a web of middle-men with medical practitioners choosing to turn a blind eye to this controversial transaction. These are part of the conclusions drawn from a study on the surrogacy industry by NGO, Centre for Social Research (CSR).
The study conducted among 100 surrogate mothers in Delhi and Mumbai says that doctors refer to the transaction as "maid business''. CII has estimated the industry to be over $2 billion a year.
"Due to the commercialization of surrogacy, the plight of the surrogate mother and the unborn child is often ignored. There is a need for a concrete legal framework to monitor and regulate the existing surrogacy system to safeguard the interests of surrogate mother and the child," said Ranjana Kumari, director of CSR.
Releasing a report "Surrogacy Motherhood: ethical or commercial?'' supported by the ministry of women...
The study conducted among 100 surrogate mothers in Delhi and Mumbai says that doctors refer to the transaction as "maid business''. CII has estimated the industry to be over $2 billion a year.
"Due to the commercialization of surrogacy, the plight of the surrogate mother and the unborn child is often ignored. There is a need for a concrete legal framework to monitor and regulate the existing surrogacy system to safeguard the interests of surrogate mother and the child," said Ranjana Kumari, director of CSR.
Releasing a report "Surrogacy Motherhood: ethical or commercial?'' supported by the ministry of women...