India Banning Commercial Surrogacy

B2 – Upper Intermediate

India is known worldwide as an outsourcing country of choice by many multinational companies for almost any kind of services.

In addition to this, India is also popular for surrogacy. In fact, it is dubbed as the “surrogacy hub” of the world, where couples who are having troubles conceiving their own children, go to in order to hire a local woman to get pregnant with their baby.

Recently, the Indian government unveils its plans to regulate this multi-billion industry.

Watch the video on why India is banning commercial surrogacy.

Discussion Questions:

  1. What do you think about India’s decision to ban commercial surrogacy?
  2. In general, how do you feel about surrogacy?
  3. Why is commercial surrogacy attractive to surrogate mothers?
  4. What are your thoughts on this opinion about surrogacy: “It’s immoral to bear another child when there are already a lot of children viable for adoption”?