An idea of surrogacy
The story of how Krishna’s brother Balaram was taken from Devaki’s womb, and planted in Rohini’s is one we have heard at our grandmother’s knees.
A surrogate mother is a woman who carries a fetus for someone else, usually a couple struggling with fertility issues. After the child is born, the surrogate mother surrenders it to the people who have hired her. There are various forms of surrogacy, some of which have been used historically, while other are more modern. The surrogate mother is required to relinquish all rights on the child at the time of birth.
Type of surrogacy
Surrogacy is of two kinds - altruistic surrogacy, wherein a woman decides to be surrogate without any monetary compensation; and commercial surrogacy, wherein the surrogate mother has to be paid in return for her efforts. Commercial Surrogacy has come under a lot of scrutiny for the moral and legal complications it entails. In fact, it is illegal in many parts of the world.
India was fast in becoming the only country in the world to legalize commercial surrogacy.
My question is that what are the possibilities of a surrogate mother in India? Is it popular ? What cost? What are the position of position of surrogate mother? Condemn or applaud ?
