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Pregnancies Outsourced to India

Western couples 'renting' wombs of Indian women

By Jane Yager, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 31, 2007 6:54 AM CST

(Newser) – A town in India, where more than 50 women are currently pregnant with the children of Western couples, has hatched a booming industry in commercial surrogacy, dubbed "wombs for rent." The women in Anand have been impregnated with the sperm and eggs of... Read full story »

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