Ban on Surrogacy for Foreigners: How Govt’s Recent Decision Will Push a Booming Industry into Black Market

November 9, 2015

(Economic Times) – Commercial surrogacy is often termed the ‘rent-a-womb’ industry or ‘outsourced pregnancy’ and the rise in the popularity of India as a destination for childless foreign couples seeking a baby through surrogacy has led to the country being termed the ‘baby factory of the world’. Anthony and his wife, whose name he does not wish to reveal, tried surrogacy three times in Toronto and New York, but had no success till they saw Dr Nayna Patel, medical director of Akanksha on Oprah Winfrey Show in 2007. After that episode, foreign couples’ interest in Akanksha exploded.