Times of India (May 28, 2012)
Britons reportedly pay an average of 25,000 pounds for a child produced
using surrogate mothers in India.
LONDON: Britain is the single biggest source of clients for India's
booming 1.5 billion pounds surrogacy industry known as the 'baby
factory', a media report here said today.
The Sunday Telegraph reported that there were nearly 1,000 unregulated
clinics in India, many specialising in helping Britons become parents.
Britons reportedly pay an average of 25,000 pounds for a child produced
using surrogate mothers in India.
"It is estimated that 2,000 births to surrogate mothers took place in
the country last year, with most experts agreeing that Britain is the
biggest single source of people who want to become parents in this
way," the report said.
"Britain may account for as many as 1,000 births last year in India. In
contrast there were 100 surrogate births recorded in Britain last
year", it said.
Women in India were being paid up to 6,000 pounds to donate eggs and
carry babies, something British women are banned from doing, the report
said and added that bankers, senior civil servants, executives at
multinational companies and even National Health Service (NHS) doctors
have become parents through surrogacy in India, according to British
doctors.
There was also concern at the toll that becoming parents can have on
Britons, as they face long waits in India to gain citizenship and
passports for their babies, the report said, and added that currently
British authorities can take up to a month before granting British
citizenship to the children and weeks more to issue passports.
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