You know, why westerners are coming to India for getting a surrogate mother? It is very easy to find surrogate mothers here, cost is high in their country and we have middlemen like Dr.Patel.It is not a service that she is doing -- with her convenient explanation that ' woman helps woman 'and it is just exploitation of poverty. It is another way of outsourcing, may be, we can call it -- human process outsourcing --. If she is really service oriented, she should try this with wealthy service oriented humans. Can she do it? It is pity that after receiving USD 15,000 she pays a meagre USD 50 per month.This seems to be a lucrative profession as a doctor.Jai Bharath Mahan.
This has happened in Gujrat the state of Narendra Modi and no where else.Some time back the Gujjus had started contract marriage in cities for those guys who could not afford to bring their wife and family to their work place" for emotional satisfaction of both althogh for money" Dr Patel has just invented a method to exploit poor for money by taking advantage of the loopholes in the law. It is shocking and degrading for womanhood. One woman exploiting another woman.Gujjus for money can go to any extent.
This has happened in Gujrat the state of Narendra Modi and no where else.Some time back the Gujjus had started contract marriage in cities for those guys who could not afford to bring their wife and family to their work place" for emotional satisfaction of both althogh for money" Dr Patel has just invented a method to exploit poor for money by taking advantage of the loopholes in the law. It is shocking and degrading for womanhood. One woman exploiting another woman.Gujjus for money can go to any extent.
This Doctor is taking $15,000 from foreigners and giving the mother a paltry $50/month, 9 x $50 = $450 $6,323 = $6,773. Are you kidding me? In US, a surrogate mother gets paid around $30,000-$40,000 (at the minimum) Food Lodging. This is exploitation. The Doctor is making money by exploiting these helpless poor and some middleclass American who is keen to find a cheap solution. How about TCS/Wipro/Infosys starting this as a side business? After all it's outsourcing.
RE:This is treacherous
by Vignesh on Nov 02, 2007 12:26 PM
Hahaha., yea thats true., they havn't started coz., the call centres for their outsourcing is not ready as of now...
Re: This is treacherous
by tracy thornton on Nov 16, 2009 09:30 AM
You forget the Doctor also has to take out the cost of meds and the medical costs for the retrieval and implantation of the eggs and the costs of childbirth. By the way the doctor does not pay the $50 monthly allowance for the surrogate the couple looking for the baby does.
RE:This is treacherous
by vk on Nov 02, 2007 12:58 PM
$6,773 - calculate and see how much it can mean for an average indian family. It is opportunistic - YES but no exploitation as no one is forcing them. I think it is a good option for both parties. i dont want to you to agree with me, but this is my thought
This lady claims that there is a couple who wants a child and a woman who wants money. Why cant she see the hundreds of orphans who want parents? is it cos she cannot mint money there? either using surrogate mother or adopting, both ways, the parents get a ready made choice, then y not adopt rather than add to the ever increasing population. Another point i would like to stress is that being breast fed by the mother is the birthright every child born and that is deprived the minute the surrogate mother hands over the child to the so called biological parents. is this fair? this is injustice to the child for having commited no sin or crime. I think instead of debating whether the concept of surrogate mothers is ethical or not, we might as well try and promote adoption and gift a life worth living to an orphan.
RE:y not promote adoption???
by bala kumar on Nov 02, 2007 12:47 PM
But, its upto the couple to decide whether to go for adopted child or child of their own. regards, udhay.
RE:y not promote adoption???
by ravi krishnan on Nov 02, 2007 12:27 PM
absolutely correct!!!! this is nothing but the bania genes of the doctor coming into play.....the govt. should ban this and instead make adoption of orphans easier especially if special benefits were to be given for adoption of the girl child maybe even child infanticide will come down over a period of time....but surrogate motherhood as being done is nothing less than running a stud farm. This is indeed a dangerous practise. Wonder what the loud mouth Reuka Choudhry have to say about this ?
RE:y not promote adoption???
by Maximus Decimus on Nov 02, 2007 12:26 PM
The fact that the couple wants a surrogate mother implies, probably, they have considered the option of adopting but they do not want to proceed. If they are aware that a child can be born this way, they cannot be ignorant about adoption.
Why they do not proceed for adoption is a personal choice, IMHO. It can be an emotional issue or a perception about genes. Every couple wants THEIR OWN CHILD. If that was NOT AN EMOTIONAL ISSUE, having known that there are thousands n thousands of children that can be adopted in our own country, we would not have been so populated nation and if not all, many many couples would have simply "adopted a readymade" child.
RE:y not promote adoption???
by nanda kumar on Nov 02, 2007 02:05 PM
yeah supriya correct whatever u said is 100% right,there are plenty of orphans in our india who are expecting love & affection from anybody else atleast childless couple may come forward to adopt these childs,even those who have child can also adopt atleast one child ,sometime back my friend celebrated his child birthday in a orphan home in chennai ,when his family members entered the hall all the kids from the orphan home hugged them & kissed my friend & his wife ,when he narrated this 2 me,then i thought how much love & affection these little kids are expecting ...so our govt or NGO's must create awarness campaign among our indian society on adoption sytems rules & regulations of the policy. nandakumar chennai
RE:y not promote adoption???
by on Nov 02, 2007 01:13 PM
Whether one adopts or goes the surrogate route is a personal choice, that one should learn to respect.
And when it comes to adoption, why only childless couple should adopt? Why can't couples with child adopt? What are they doing to help a child?
RE:y not promote adoption???
by Riyaz Basha on Nov 02, 2007 12:41 PM
I am so Happy after reading ur mesage, otherwise these days the messages put up for so many causes are all bullshit. It is high time that every one who want children shud adopt the orphans, and so called surrogate mothers concept shud be banned and shud be prosecuted if committed. Thanks Supriya for posting such a wonderful message, I wish and pray that ur message shud be a eye opener to all those couples who plan for surrogate mothers.!!!PLS PLS PLS adopt orphans...and give them the best things what they lost without doing any sin.
RE:y not promote adoption???
by swatasiddha majumdar on Nov 02, 2007 12:29 PM
RE:y not promote adoption??? by JadugarGoga on Nov 02, 2007 12:13 PM u r big dumb supriya.
CAN U TELL JADUGOGA, WHY IS UPRIYA WRONG..EXPLAIN UR ABUSE, BECAUSE I FEEL SHE IS 100% RIGHT, WHILE U R JUST A JERK WHO DOESNT KNOW WHT HE IS SAYING.
RE:y not promote adoption???
by JadugarGoga on Nov 02, 2007 12:38 PM
u dumb peoples u all r praising supriya only b,cuz she has a female i d. u all r trying to patao fy supriya. u junks.
RE:y not promote adoption???
by nanda kumar on Nov 02, 2007 02:22 PM
hey even dr.patel also female only but most everybody are cursing her only ok not praised by more readers ,4 gud things & suggestions always more appreciations will be there , u won't meant it wrong nandakumar
This is not business, the figs., seem Lucrative and slowly it will result i nExploitation of Poor Women..........This was the only thing left in Women to be exploited... And a Woman indulging in such Cheap Act like Nayana Patel is Shameful....But for the money would Nayana do this??......Pregnancy is Not a Joke...Maybe a greedy corocodile like Naayana would lend her body for anything....To get money!!..Already poor people are exploited in developing countries like ours, and now she is all set to degrade Feminity.....Surrogate motherhood could be a help onli in extreme cases and should not be commercialsied like this....
RE:Shame on Nayana Patel
by vimal raval on Nov 02, 2007 12:11 PM
thats right now a day doctor r like business man they r not doing there practise to help,but only for money,this is a last stage where doctor goes try to stop surrogate and pramote adoption
