In a country with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world….

painting by mary ann rock

India has drafted guidelines giving women the right to a fee for surrogacy…(surrogacy is still illegal in many countries). Having a baby at the Rotunda clinic in Mumbai costs around £13,000 (US$22,400). Each surrogate is paid between £2,500 and £3,500 (supposedly the equivalent of 10 years salary for some of these women).

“India’s surrogate mother industry” by Poonam Taneja, BBC News, Anand, Gujarat

see also “Mother for only nine months” by Sunita Thakur, Anand, Gujarat