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There are now up to 1,000 clinics, all entirely unregulated, in the country, many specialising in helping Britons become parents.
Couples and single people are paying an average of £25,000 a time to have children, getting around rules in the UK which make commercial surrogacy illegal.
It is estimated that 2,000 births to surrogate mothers took place in the country last year, with most experts agreeing that Britain is the biggest single source of people who want to become parents in this way. Britain may account for as many as 1,000 births last year in India. In contrast there were 100 surrogate births recorded in Britain last year.
* Indian authorities now believe the industry is worth as much as £1.5 billion each year, is growing rapidly, and say it needs regulating urgently;
* Doctors who spoke to this newspaper told of British women who have babies through surrogates to avoid being pregnant and childbirth, raising fears of a “wombs to rent” culture;
* Women in India are being paid up to...
Couples and single people are paying an average of £25,000 a time to have children, getting around rules in the UK which make commercial surrogacy illegal.
It is estimated that 2,000 births to surrogate mothers took place in the country last year, with most experts agreeing that Britain is the biggest single source of people who want to become parents in this way. Britain may account for as many as 1,000 births last year in India. In contrast there were 100 surrogate births recorded in Britain last year.
An investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has found:
* Indian authorities now believe the industry is worth as much as £1.5 billion each year, is growing rapidly, and say it needs regulating urgently;
* Doctors who spoke to this newspaper told of British women who have babies through surrogates to avoid being pregnant and childbirth, raising fears of a “wombs to rent” culture;
* Women in India are being paid up to...