Comments on: Renting wombs http://beckyblab.com/renting-wombs/136/ A quest for clarity Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Becky Blab http://beckyblab.com/renting-wombs/136/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Becky Blab Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:52:32 +0000 http://beckyblab.com/renting-wombs/136/#comment-47 <strong>The Gulabi Gang</strong> Some women from UP have taken matters into their own hands, forming a group which is determined to mete out justice. “But we are not a gang in the usual sense of the term. We are a gang for justice. We wear pink because it is the colour of life.... The Gulabi Gang

Some women from UP have taken matters into their own hands, forming a group which is determined to mete out justice.
“But we are not a gang in the usual sense of the term. We are a gang for justice. We wear pink because it is the colour of life….

]]> By: Becky Blab » Blog Archive » Womb renting con’t http://beckyblab.com/renting-wombs/136/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Becky Blab » Blog Archive » Womb renting con’t Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:16:05 +0000 http://beckyblab.com/renting-wombs/136/#comment-39 [...] I had written about surrogacy in India a couple months ago, and now the story has cropped up again and is posted all over Western newspapers, though none here that I’m aware of. It’s a familiar tale: rich, Western families have done all they can (and spent tons of money) on trying IVF and alternative methods, and just want a baby so bad they are willing to hire someone else to do it. And it’s a perfect arrangement, because the surrogates are only too willing to earn some relatively quick and easy cash so they can better care for their own families. Why not, if everyone’s helping everyone else? Is it actually help if it’s a paid relationship between unequals? [...] [...] I had written about surrogacy in India a couple months ago, and now the story has cropped up again and is posted all over Western newspapers, though none here that I’m aware of. It’s a familiar tale: rich, Western families have done all they can (and spent tons of money) on trying IVF and alternative methods, and just want a baby so bad they are willing to hire someone else to do it. And it’s a perfect arrangement, because the surrogates are only too willing to earn some relatively quick and easy cash so they can better care for their own families. Why not, if everyone’s helping everyone else? Is it actually help if it’s a paid relationship between unequals? [...]

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