By Shayne Martinez
Some people may take this as
exploitation, but for infertile women and surrogate mothers, surrogacy
clinics or the ‘baby factory’ as some may call it, benefits them in both
ways. Infertile women could have a chance of being a mother to her own
child, while surrogate mothers could help their own families with the
money they receive.
Dr. Nayra Patel in India decided to
build a hospital that will accommodate surrogate mothers and clients
from different countries in the world, especially those from nations
where surrogacy is illegal. The hospital will have self-catering
apartments, offices, delivery rooms, gift shops, and an IVF or the In
Vitro Fertilization department where potential parents will send their
sperm and embryos for the process.
Earlier this year, Matt Rudge from BBC
Four created a documentary called ‘House of Surrogates’ that tackles the
complexities of surrogacy. The documentary touches on the challenges
when rich couples use the womb of a woman having a poor background, in
exchange for financial compensation.
Last month, Rekha Patel, a 42-year old
British restaurateur gazed in disbelief when her newborn baby girl was
born through the surrogacy process. “I can’t believe we have our own
child at last,” she said with joy. The baby girl was born at the
Akanksha clinic, Northwest India. “We are really grateful to our
surrogate mother who managed to get pregnant and kept our little
daughter healthy. She gave nine months of her life to give us a child,”
she added.
Each surrogate mother will receive $8000
for carrying a child until birth. It might sound like selling babies
unethically, but the doctor behind this project strongly believe that
she isn’t doing this for profit, but only to innovate the surrogacy
process and provide a gift of life to parents.
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