Doctors Nayna Patel and Mohan Rao go head to head.
Reproductive infertility has always put unwanted pressure on couples, causing them much anxiety. The poor also have a dream to live a happy life without the burden of poverty.
Becoming a surrogate empowers women with a sense of worth and authority. Surrogates could actually help liberate women. Domestic labour should be paid, so when reproduction and pregnancy becomes a job, we will look at the value of female labour in a new light.
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