Exposing the International Commercial Surrogacy Business – The Pimping of Pregnancy

By Julie Bindel – London – 08 Feb. 2016 Birthing a Market, A Study on Commercial Surrogacy (2012) estimates that there are currently 3000 clinics in India offering surrogacy services. Surrogacy is a 2.3 billion dollar industry annually. Around 10,000 foreign couples visit India for reproductive services each year. Dr Nayna Patel, a frontrunner of…

How Commercial Surrogacy Became a Massive International Business

In 2015, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Mexico—nearly all the major markets for commercial surrogacy—banned the practice for foreigners. But the global demand isn't going anywhere. Outsourcing Embryos, investigates the multi-billion dollar industry of gestational surrogacy in India. Watch the episode: Outsourcing Embryos When Rhonda and Gerry Wile had a baby boy in 2009, they did…

Estudio: Commercial Surrogacy: A Contested Terrain in the Realm of Rights & Justice (2016)

Commercial surrogacy has emerged in recent years as a volatile site in the encounter among gender, technology, and society; one that is blurring the boundaries not just of the body, but also of feminist praxis. In India, a country that has become a favoured global destination for low-cost, high-tech reproductive tourism, the practice of commercial…