NEW DELHI: Childless couples from around the world have been left in limbo after the Indian government revealed plans to ban them from the country’s booming multi-million dollar surrogacy industry.
The industry has exploded in recent years with thousands of infertile couples flocking to India, one of only a handful of countries offering cheap surrogacy using skilled doctors and with relatively little red tape.
But the unregulated industry’s growth has sparked debate about exploitation of the 25,000 mainly poor Indian women whose wombs are hired to carry couples’ embryos through to birth.
After announcing plans last week for legislation banning commercial surrogacy, the …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today
