Are Babies Being
Bought And Sold
In Costa Rica?
Surrogacy On The
Rise
The renting of
the womb or
surrogacy is
quickly becoming
big business in
Costa Rica, as
the lack of laws
and regulations
and the internet
are offering a
way for couples
who cannot
conceive to have
a child, and for
women, for a
profit, carry
and deliver
babies for
alternative
families.
Reports on the
subject estimate
that the current
price for the
rental of a womb
in Costa Rica is
about ˘15
million colones
(us$28.500
dollars at
today's exchange
rate).
Commercial
surrogacy - when
women are paid
to carry and
deliver babies
for people who
cannot conceive
them
biologically is
not banned in
Costa Rica,
making it
quickly a land
of opportunity
for parents
around the world
and for woman
who become
surrogates to
better their
financial
situation.
Some say it is
an act of love,
but in reality
it is the
financial
transaction that
brings people
together like
this.
But what kind of
woman would
carry a child to
term, only to
hand him over
moments after
birth?
Surrogates
challenge our
most basic ideas
about
motherhood, and
call into
question what
we've always
thought of as an
unbreakable bond
between mother
and child.
Today, a greater
acceptance of
the practice,
and advances in
science, find
more women than
ever before
having babies
for those who
cannot. Another
reason for the
rise in
surrogacies is
that technology
has made them
safer and more
likely to
succeed.
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