GENESIS OF THE LATEST ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY: RENTED WOMB

The overwhelming desire to have a Child is the product of a deep-seated, instinctive and evolutionary urge to perpetuate the species and pass on the genetic material to another. It is this archetypal desire, embedded in our collective unconscious, which often spurs Human Beings to have children at any cost, come what may. “It is this irrepressible drive that propels man to go to any extent to propagate his genes,” says Nirja Chawla, a Gynecologist, adding, “Motherhood is important for completion of self.” 1 To this biological drive add the socially conditioned expectations of the role and function of a woman and you know this is the reason why so many people flock to fertility clinics in the region. And it is a blatant exploitation of this desire to have Children that makes millionaires out of Gynecologists in the business who laughs all the way to the bank. Medicine has made some remarkable advances in the field of Reproductive Technology. The term Reproductive Technology refers to various medical procedures that are designed to alleviate infertility, or the inability of a couple to produce a child of their own. These include Artificial insemination, In-Vitro Fertilization or “Test-tube” Babies, and Surrogate Motherhood. When successful, these technologies are the miracle of life for couples who have often spent years trying to have a child, and who have exhausted all other avenues for conceiving a child of their own. My research Paper throws light on the Genesis of this neo reproductive technology known as Rented womb or Surrogacy