The Dialectics

Issues Around Surrogacy: Prejudices, Bodily Autonomy, Commodification, Altruism and what not

Rising infertility rates might not seem to be incongruous with a world trying to grapple with an ever-increasing population. However, several estimates round the globe, including that of WHO, indicate that infertility is indeed a serious health issue affecting almost 17%of the world’s adult population. Hence several interventions like surrogacy and ART (Assisted Reproductive Technologies) technologies become useful to curb the malice of infertility so that humans can thrive sustainably, facilitating the fulfillment of essential human rights by each one of us. Among all such interventions, surrogacy is the most popular one owing to its cost effectiveness....

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