Made in India explores the implications of commercial surrogacy in the country
Made in India explores the implications of commercial surrogacy in the country
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The film maps the physical, moral, and emotional risks that middle-class Westerners and 'poor' Indian women take on when they sign a surrogacy contract.
Aasia Khan is a 27-year-old mother of 3 who
lives in a one-room home in a city slum
Desperate to have a child, American couple Brian and Lisa Switzer resort to commercial surrogacy. The Switzers are just two faces of 'Reproductive Tourism', a $450-million industry.
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Infertile couples in the US pay up to $100,000 for a domestic surrogacy, but for roughly $25,000 they can get the same service in India.
The film seeks to present the dilemma of choice in a bid to address the politics behind the practice.
On Today, 7 pm
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