Outsourcing babies to India

Morrigoon · 12-11-2007, 06:37 PM

Interesting article.

Basically, it's talking about a fertility/surrogacy clinic in some rural town in India. Would-be parents from other places in the world are going there because it's like $12,000 to have a baby instead of (as in the US) $70,000. The local women make 5 grand to act as surrogates, which amounts to several years' income in their normal jobs.

I thought it would be a good topic of discussion.

Personally, I think it's great. The poor women have a chance to make some real money, and the infertile women get a baby. Technically, when you compare the surrogate fee to their income from their normal jobs, the women in India are making out better than American surrogates. I'm sure there will be some who still think they're being taken advantage of, but from my perspective it looks like a mutuall beneficial arrangement.

12-11-2007, 06:37 PM	#1
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Outsourcing babies to India Interesting article. Basically, it's talking about a fertility/surrogacy clinic in some rural town in India. Would-be parents from other places in the world are going there because it's like $12,000 to have a baby instead of (as in the US) $70,000. The local women make 5 grand to act as surrogates, which amounts to several years' income in their normal jobs. I thought it would be a good topic of discussion. Personally, I think it's great. The poor women have a chance to make some real money, and the infertile women get a baby. Technically, when you compare the surrogate fee to their income from their normal jobs, the women in India are making out better than American surrogates. I'm sure there will be some who still think they're being taken advantage of, but from my perspective it looks like a mutuall beneficial arrangement. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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