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India outlawed commercial surrogacy – clinics are finding loopholes

  • Written by Sharmila Rudrappa, Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

Would you pay someone US$150,000 to have your baby?

The high cost of surrogacy in the U.S. has pushed many potential parents to seek cheaper options elsewhere. Countries like India and Thailand have attracted surrogacy clients from countries like the U.S., Britain, Australia and Israel. The global surrogacy trade, however, has been fraught with scan...

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