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Jyoti Dave is pregnant. But when this 30-year-old woman gives birth, the child will not be taken home to live with her other children, but be transferred to an American infertile couple.

The pregnant Indian mother will be paid for the above " labor ". Dave did not reveal how much she would get, but insisted it was the amount she needed to support her impoverished family. "My husband lost both his legs and hands when working at the factory," Dave said. "We couldn't manage our daily meals, so I had to rent my uterus."

Infertility physicians are making money in India.(Photo: Reuters)

Pregnancy households are India's newest "export item" where the " baby womb " service is a lot cheaper than in the West. Gautam Allahbadia, an infertility expert who helped a Singaporean couple with a baby by the Indian woman's uterus last year, said: "In the US, an infertile couple must spend up to $ 50,000. But In India, they only need between 10,000 and 12,000 USD ".

The Indian woman who is pregnant with her family is paid about 3,000-6,000 USD - equal to a fortune in the country with per capita income of about 500 USD per year. The Indian Medical Research Council estimates that pregnant women can become a service sector that gives the country $ 6 billion a year.

Some consider the Indian pregnancy service boom a natural result of rapid economic growth and liberalization over the past 15 years, a perfect encounter between supply and demand in the market. school globalization. Critics call it "the commercialization of motherhood " and the act of exploiting the poor. For pregnant women, usually housewives with low average income, money is the main motive. As for "customers ", infertility is the main reason, or even high-educated women who do not want pregnancy to affect their careers.

According to Reuters , there is no official data on household pregnancies but it is estimated that every year, about 100-150 children are born from " hired babies " in India; The number of unsuccessful household pregnancies may be much larger. Meanwhile, according to Yashodhara Mhatre, infertility consultant of the Mumbai Reproductive Center, around 500 to 600 children are born every year by pregnant mothers. Hiranandani Hospital, where Allahbadia expert works, is handling 14 household pregnancies for couples from the UK, USA, Singapore, France, Portugal .

India does not have a law to enforce a pregnancy service, only non-binding guidelines issued by the Medical Research Council. However, experts say they have set their own standards, such as this service only for couples who cannot have children, and only young, healthy, married and children Only pregnant women are allowed.

In India, the eggs used are not those of a pregnant woman but of an intended mother or an anonymous donor . The two sides signed the contract, the couple paid for the service and medical care for the "half- mother " and the mother agreed to give up custody of the child. Doctors allow transplanting 5 embryos into a pregnant woman, while many water only allow 1 to 2 embryos.

The media coverage of an Indian " grandmother " 47-year-old twins for a British national daughter in 2004 in Anand, Gujarat state, has led Indians to know for the first time about the issue. pregnant women. Since then, Anand has become the center of this service with about 20 women registered as " moms " for foreign spouses. There are many calls to enact laws to protect both sides' rights.