Single men, women, same sex and even straight couples are opting for commercial surrogacy in the US, Canada, East European and Latin American countries.
Eight years ago, a same-sex couple in Delhi had a daughter through surrogacy. But when they chose to have another child this year, hoping to complete the picture of an ideal family, the law had changed. They realised that they could not hire a local surrogate as before and had to find one from within their circle of family and friends. What’s more, the surrogate couldn’t be paid for her services.
“Nobody, no matter how close, would agree to volunteerism of this magnitude. So we decided to find a surrogate in the US through a foreign agency,” the couple says