A love quirky little articles about the most cutting edge science, and how it affects society. While the science in this article isn't cutting edge, the entire concept behind surrogate wombs is fascinating. Here you have a couple, somewhere in the world, who is a paying an Indian woman to carry their future child. These women are apparently paid several years wages for this service. While the article says this practice has been banned in several countries, India has seemingly done well in regulating the practice. I guess the country figures there are so many people living in abject poverty, the mental strain caused by this practice is outweighed by the financial benefit. I just don't understand how these women could give up a child that is technically half theirs. I can't argue for people who want to bring a child into this world, but the means are questionable.
(Photo Stephanie Sinclair/VII Network/ N.Y. Times)
No comments:
Post a Comment