If you thought outsourcing was about getting transferred to a call centre in India just about every time you dialled a customer service number, think again.
India is swelling its ranks of outsourced professionals with a new kind of labourer- a woman with a womb to rent. This widely criticised practice, many say exploits global economic inequality to the advantage of the west coercing a woman to commodify her body for monetary benefits.
On the other hand, I.V.F clinics that are sprouting up all over India market their services as a win-win situation for all- a needy Indian woman gets much needed money and an infertile couple gets a baby
With couples’ the-world-over journeying to India, the country is being hailed as the surrogacy capital of the world.
While attempting to showcase the cloud of debate that surrounds commercial surrogacy, this website features stories that span continents.
From the story of a gay couple in Austria whose children were born via surrogacy- -to that of surrogates in a small Indian town--to that of doctors and middlemen who have turned surrogacy into a lucrative business.
Here’s a look at this bourgeoning practice.
