Reproductive Discrimination in Surrogacy - 3015 'others will be able to breed or implant with someone else's fertilized egg and sperm (Pande, 2009, p.143)'. Commercial surrogacy is legalized in India and has become a hotspot for those who cannot conceive their own child. In a recent news article on reproductive surrogacy, it was stated that "light-skinned, high-caste women are paid $1,600 more for their services" compared to light-skinned, high-caste Indian women. darker, even if the baby does not share any genetic material from the surrogate mother (Asian News, 2012). This is very intriguing because women's skin color has nothing to do with pregnancy, and yet light-skinned women are paid more for the same services. This injustice makes no moral sense. Discrimination among dark-skinned people has a long history but is barely mentioned in the scientific literature on reproductive surrogacy tourism. This gap in the literature is therefore an important question to resolve. In this article, I will explain why there is skin color discrimination among Indian surrogates. mothers, historical perspective on discrimination, ethical dimensions and how to address this issue in order to help protect women from discrimination and inequality. Background Historically, women have used others to have children so that they could not conceive, but being infertile was not as common as it is today. The surrogate mother would be the genetic mother because the technology of the past was not as advanced as today's technology. Infertile parents today have many reproductive procedures to choose from, but surrogacy is common when they cannot conceive their own child (Fixmer-Oraiz, 2013...... middle of article ......to solve this problem are essential in order to help protect women from discrimination and injustice Considering all these points, more specific scientific research is needed on this subject as there appears to be. have a lack of information This is definitely an issue that needs to be explored further more research into why intended parents would pay more for a light-skinned surrogate when not. has no genetic link to the child This question makes no moral sense but is fascinating to explore discrimination seems to be a global challenge so it would make sense to conduct multidimensional research involving scholars from different backgrounds; to combat this problem. We hope that further research will lead surrogacy tourism to a more equal, fair and non-discriminatory industry...

Essay / Reproductive Discrimination in Surrogacy - 3015 'others will be able to breed or implant with someone else's fertilized egg and sperm (Pande, 2009, p.143)'. Commercial surrogacy is legalized in India and has become a hotspot for those who cannot conceive their own child. In a recent news article on reproductive surrogacy, it was stated that "light-skinned, high-caste women are paid $1,600 more for their services" compared to light-skinned, high-caste Indian women. darker, even if the baby does not share any genetic material from the surrogate mother (Asian News, 2012). This is very intriguing because women's skin color has nothing to do with pregnancy, and yet light-skinned women are paid more for the same services. This injustice makes no moral sense. Discrimination among dark-skinned people has a long history but is barely mentioned in the scientific literature on reproductive surrogacy tourism. This gap in the literature is therefore an important question to resolve. In this article, I will explain why there is skin color discrimination among Indian surrogates. mothers, historical perspective on discrimination, ethical dimensions and how to address this issue in order to help protect women from discrimination and inequality. Background Historically, women have used others to have children so that they could not conceive, but being infertile was not as common as it is today. The surrogate mother would be the genetic mother because the technology of the past was not as advanced as today's technology. Infertile parents today have many reproductive procedures to choose from, but surrogacy is common when they cannot conceive their own child (Fixmer-Oraiz, 2013...... middle of article ......to solve this problem are essential in order to help protect women from discrimination and injustice Considering all these points, more specific scientific research is needed on this subject as there appears to be. have a lack of information This is definitely an issue that needs to be explored further more research into why intended parents would pay more for a light-skinned surrogate when not. has no genetic link to the child This question makes no moral sense but is fascinating to explore discrimination seems to be a global challenge so it would make sense to conduct multidimensional research involving scholars from different backgrounds; to combat this problem. We hope that further research will lead surrogacy tourism to a more equal, fair and non-discriminatory industry...

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