Recently I came across the term surrogacy, not knowing the exact meaning of it made me do a little research. What it came out to be was a bit annoying and a bit shocking for me. Surrogacy means to rent out one's womb to carry someone else's child. But how can a woman do that. How can she carry a child for someone she doesn't even know.

Before I put my views any further, I'll make it clear what exactly is the process. When a couple, by whatever reasons (other than impotency) are not able to give birth to a child, they look for another womb where the fetus can grow and then be delivered. The woman who agrees to carry that child becomes the surrogate mother. The egg and the sperm from the intended parents are taken, fertilized in a test tube and then planted inside the surrogate mother's womb.

Couples mostly from US, UK, France and some other European countries are more towards having a surrogate child and look for women from India to do so. This has many reasons, and its not that here it is safer or more hygienic. Its just the cost of it. In India its about fifth of the cost back in US or UK. But the question still lies, why does a woman want to do so? The answer is simple and yet complicated. Simple as it goes, the mere need of money makes them agree to do such a thing. I said its complicated because, our country is the one which has so much of money in it but still one part of the population has to take up such things to earn a living. Ours is not a poor country, but the pity is that the money is concentrated only in the richer section of the society and not equally divided. The flow is such that the rich becomes richer and the poor continues to be poor.

Dr. Nayna Patel, runs a clinic in the small city of Anand in Gujarat. She helps the lower and lower middle class women to earn some money through this. But this is becoming a profession for women who agree to be surrogate mothers. Its not once or twice they have done this, but its a number of times and they continue to deliver babies for different couples one after the other. They don’t realize what could be effect on their bodies as who would be looking after their nutrition and that there could be complications in getting pregnant so many time. For the money they would get, the women are ready to risk their lives. Leaving all moral values aside, woman are now out in the market renting their wombs.

Being a mother, having a baby is a gift from God, but even he would be regretting it now. If you are so unable to get pregnant, go ahead, adopt a child....There are so many small children who are living their lives in orphanages, just in the hope that someday a childless couple would come and take one of them along. That they too will have parents someday and lead a life with the joys of a family. The whole concept of surrogacy is crushing their dreams. After all, its a child developed in another woman's womb in any case. Then why not give a life to the ones who are born and are alone, rather than bringing new lives to this Earth!!!!