Legal And Human Rights Perspective of Commercialization of Motherhood in India

Abstract

Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a woman agrees to bear a child of another and to transfer the custody of the child to the intended parents after the birth of the child. It is a practice generally deemed as a good practice which fills the emptiness of the lives of the infertile couples. But behind this good moral practice, it also has a dark side of it. This system leads to commercialization of motherhood which also causes violation of human rights of people. This practice is very popular in India but in absence of law it has become very difficult to regulate this practice and to prevent violation of human rights of people.