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Why Surrogacy - Surrogacy Solutions, LLC - Little Rock, Arkansas on 2009-09-28
- Figures from 1998 indicate that more
  than 20,000 live-birth deliveries resulted from assisted reproductive
  technology, of which 1,265 were with the assistance of gestational
  surrogates.
India grapples with high maternal death rate | Reuters on 2009-09-16
- Every year, about 78,000 mothers die in childbirth and from complications of pregnancy in India, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- India's maternal mortality rate stands at 450 per 100,000 live births, against 540 in 1998-1999. The figures are way behind India's Millennium Development Goals which call for a reduction to 109 by 2015, according to UNICEF.
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- - Millions of births are not attended by doctors, nurses or trained midwives, despite India's booming economy which grew at nearly 9 percent in each of the past three years.
  - "Nutrition and anaemia are huge factors in the MMR (maternal mortality rate)," UNICEF's Kumar said. "Inside the homes, women are the last to get food. They are much more vulnerable and that is why they are dying."
India grapples with high maternal death rate| Reuters on 2009-09-16
- Every year, about 78,000 mothers die in childbirth and from complications of pregnancy in India, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- India's maternal mortality rate stands at 450 per 100,000 live births, against 540 in 1998-1999. The figures are way behind India's Millennium Development Goals which call for a reduction to 109 by 2015, according to UNICEF.
India grapples with high maternal death rate on 2009-09-16
- Every year, about 78,000 mothers die in childbirth and from complications of pregnancy in India, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- India's maternal mortality rate stands at 450 per 100,000 live births, against 540 in 1998-1999. The figures are way behind India's Millennium Development Goals which call for a reduction to 109 by 2015, according to UNICEF.
Takeaway baby boom on 2009-09-16
- And as in every market where demand is strong, prices are rising. In 2004 surrogates say they were getting paid about $3000 for a successful delivery but the going rate in a big city such as Delhi is now $10,600 - a 350 per cent increase.
- In a country where hundreds of millions survive on less than $2 a day, surrogacy payments of that size are proving hard to resist, especially with the global economic downturn taking a toll on employment.
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- - Women in Delhi can expect to be paid about $450 to $900 for egg donation. However, the price can vary widely according to their physical attributes and education. Women with a fair complexion, a high IQ or a higher degree can demand much more for their eggs than others. Women in big cities also tend to receive more for their eggs than women in rural areas.
  - The women are given healthy meals and regular check-ups until they give birth.
  - "These women are doing this willingly. They are not dumb or exploited," she said. "The money allows these families to get proper shelter and educate their children." And, she says, surrogacy and egg donation are "legitimate choices" that women make in return for financial compensation.
  - Some groups are critical of surrogacy because of its consequences for a woman's health. About 100,000 Indian women die every year as a result of pregnancy and childbirth, underscoring the postnatal risk for all surrogates, especially the poor.
  - SAMA, a women's health advocacy group, recently issued a statement signed by academics, medical professionals and lawyers saying a new bill proposed to regulate surrogacy and other assisted reproduction technologies favoured private sector interests at the expense of "safeguarding the rights and health of women and children". The current regime "promotes medical tourism and encourages commercial interests at the cost of women's health," it said.
Carrying someone else's dream -- latimes.com on 2009-09-15
- On Jan. 27, Howard returned to the fertility clinic for one last try.
Carrying someone else's dream -- latimes.com on 2009-09-15
- Military wives have been criticized in recent years for using their military insurance to make money as surrogates. But military brass who have tried to end the practice have had little success. Although Pentagon officials dismissed surrogacy as an "income-producing enterprise" they failed to eliminate surrogate medical coverage from recent defense spending bills.
Carrying someone else's dream -- latimes.com on 2009-09-15
- Young military wives make popular surrogates, especially in California where, unlike other states, surrogacy is legal and case law protects parents' rights to hire women to carry their babies.
- Just as important to the would-be parents, military wives have access to military medical insurance called Tricare, which includes comprehensive prenatal care worth as much as $10,000. The coverage is such a draw that some surrogacy agencies, such as Chula Vista-based Surrogate Alternatives, offer surrogates who have it a $5,000 bonus.
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- - If she failed to get pregnant, she would only receive about $1,000. If she became pregnant, Howard would start receiving monthly payments; to get the full amount, she would have to carry the baby for at least 35 weeks.
Surrogate Motherhood History | Surrogate Motherhood on 2009-09-15
- Surrogate motherhood history dates back to biblical times, some say it all started with Sarah and Abraham, others say it was around even before them, just they were the only ones recorded about it because of Abraham being in the bible.
- If an Indian woman was found to be baron, the husband would go to the chief and inform the chief of this problem. The chief would then advise the husband to counsel with the witch doctor/ medicine man. After several attempts with medicine if the woman was still found to be baron, the chief would allow for the husband to consort with another female who was baron so that the husband would have a son to carry on his tribe; surrogacy then was not in vitro, rather, the male would have to have relations with the other female… the wife would have no biological ties to the child.
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- - It’s been known about throughout Europe and Spain and other such places. Kings would often bring in several surrogates until one bore him a son, then the surrogates would be kept as nannies to the child; the child would believe the King and Queen were its biological parents and know nothing about its genetic ties to the nanny. Often things of this matter were kept in close regard because if such things got out in the kingdom, one could question the child’s right to the throne.
Baby Carriers: Cold Cash or Warm Heart? - ABC News on 2009-09-15
- "You have to take into consideration husbands being sent to war and the impact this can have on his wife and moving around," she said. "What if a pregnant surrogate is moved to a state that does not allow the intended parent's names to be on the birth certificate?"

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