Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Outsourced Wombs For Rent In India

Every night in this quiet western Indian city, 15 pregnant women prepare for sleep in the spacious house they share, ascending the stairs in a procession of ballooned bellies, to bedrooms that become a landscape of soft hills.

More than 50 women in this city are now pregnant with the children of couples from the United States, Taiwan, Britain and beyond. health club The women earn more than many would make in 15 years. But the program raises a host of uncomfortable questions that touch on morals and modern science, exploitation and globalization, and that most natural of desires: to have a family.

Add the fact that the biological father can then be held responsible for the next 18 years, with wage garnishment, for the cost of raising the child (with little if any visitation rights) and you do not have a great situation.

A similar problem has developed with the programs to help pregnant teens who initially would like to put their child up for adoption health club. The expectant couple can pay substantial cost - and even house the young lady for the duration of the pregnancy; only to have the young lady decide to keep her healthy baby. Some couples have gone through this health club, complete with housing the pregnant lady several times %u2013 without getting a baby to adopt.

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