LIFE ISSUES Altruistic surrogacy leads to baby trafficking*

Poor women in India are being paid to produce children for wealthy Westerners. In some cases, they are impregnated with two human embryos, with the second baby destined for the black market. Family Court Chief Justice Diana Bryant, left, and Federal Circuit Court Chief Judge John Pascoe.   Commissioning couples from the United States and the Europe have been using Indian surrogacy agencies because they are up to six times cheaper than Western alternatives. Further, poor, illit…

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