India the surrogate mother country for Westerners

NEELAM Chauhan has made a profession of pregnancy. The 34-year-old single mother from the suburbs of New Delhi will soon give birth for the fifth time — but only two of the babies have been her own. Ms Chauhan is carrying her third surrogate child and would like to bear a fourth if she is allowed.

She is one of a growing number of Indian surrogates.

"The main reason I did this is because I had financial problems," Ms Chauhan says. "But it also means I can help parents who cannot have children."

Lax regulation, cheap medical care and a supply of low-cost...