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In pursuit of bearing blood-related child, surrogacy has acquired fame among infertile couples and led to its mushrooming growth. This study explores the social, economic, health and ethical aspects of the mothers who bear a child not to rear it but for earning money for livelihood, in a culturally conservative society.
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Mukherjee, R., Sekher, T.V. (2020). Wombs for Money: Commercial Surrogacy Through Kolkata’s Window. In: Chattopadhyay, A., Ghosh, S. (eds) Population Dynamics in Eastern India and Bangladesh. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3045-6_7
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