BABIES MADE IN INDIA

India is rapidly becoming the world’s baby factory. It’s one of the few countries in the world which authorizes payment for surrogacy. For €10,000, you can undergo fertility treatment and in vitro fertilization, and then have the resulting embryos implanted in a surrogate mother. Nine months later, you return and collect your new baby. On the surface, it seems to be a win-win scenario. Infertile couples get to have a baby while impoverished women receive enough money to pay for their own children’s schooling or buy a small house. But with so many ethical issues at play, can surrogacy really be treated like any other business?