Open AccessSurrogacy: blessing or curse to poor society in India
Author(s) -
B Venkatashivareddy,
Arti Gupta,
Viviktha Ramesh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
healthcare in low-resource settings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2281-7824
DOI - 10.4081/hls.2015.5465
Subject(s) - blessing , curse , medical tourism , unemployment , economic growth , developing country , outrage , political science , social issues , childbirth , medicine , development economics , law , health care , sociology , politics , economics , geography , pregnancy , archaeology , anthropology , biology , genetics
The advances of childbirth in the form of test tube babies and surrogate have introduced undreamt possibilities. The reproductive tourism in India is enhancing. Globally, India is one of the popular providers of surrogates and commercial surrogacy is legalized. Moreover, the cost is a mere one third of the cost in developing countries. Surrogacy raises ethical issues like medical advocacy and consent. Many social factors like unemployment, literacy, and others play a key role in surrogacy. Surrogacy is a public health problem related not only to the medical burden but also to sex ratio deterioration, female feticide, domestic violence, and others