With surrogacy costing up to $70,000 in the US compared to only $12,000 in India, many Western women are outsourcing pregnancy abroad. It's a multi-million dollar industry that sees rural Indians receive the equivalent of 10 years' salary. Over the course of nine months, we follow the lives of two women, who in each other seek solutions to the problems of poverty and infertility, and explore whether it's a relationship that is exploitative or mutually beneficial.
The high cost of surrogacy in Europe and the US means many Western women are outsourcing pregnancy abroad. Carolina, from Ireland, travelled to India to pay Sonal to carry her baby. The World Service's Your World followed the two women as they came to terms with the emotional costs of the surrogacy.
M. Papa, A. Singhal, S. Law, S. Pant, S. Sood, E. Rogers, and C. Shefner-Rogers. Journal of Communication, 50 (4):
31(Autumn 2000)M3: Article; Papa, Michael J. Singhal, Arvind Law, Sweety Pant, Saumya Sood, Suruchi Rogers, Everett M. Shefner-Rogers, Corinne L.; Source Information: Autumn2000, Vol. 50 Issue 4, p31; Subject Term: MASS media in education; Subject Term: RADIO serials; Subject Term: SOCIAL change; Subject Term: SOCIAL learning; Subject Term: INDIA; Number of Pages: 25p; Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 11439.