More and more women are becoming career minded and hence they are opting to surrogacy. Keen to become mothers and yet not willing to put their careers on hold, these career-driven women have given a new twist to the concept of outsourcing. Dr Sunita Tandulwadkar, Chief IVF (In-Vitro Fertilisation) Consultant and Endoscopist at Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune stated, We have got two cases in the recent past of career women who opted for surrogate wombs so that there wouldn’t be any break in their careers. One is a 32-year-old woman based in Singapore. She has taken the surrogate woman with her to Singapore for delivery. The second is a woman based in South India and working in the IT industry. The budding trend is giving rise to numerous sociological issues, like, A. Are women trying to sidestep the challenge of bearing children? B. Has the pressure of balancing a home and career begun to take its toll? C. Do people believe that in an era of consumerism, everything can be bought? Well, if we talk about India alone, the cost of surrogacy is very less comparatively. Some have condemned it as ‘women outsourcing their motherhood’ but if we look at the other side, I feel that women are not doing any kind of offense in being a surrogate mother. After all, they are bringing smiles to childless families. Provided, that the health risks associated with the process must be meted out effectively. Also exploitation, which is linked with it, worries me.
