“Gay couples find surrogate mothers in India”

Montreal Gazette: “Commercial surrogacy is a booming industry in India, and in recent years the ranks of childless foreign couples have been swelled by gay partners looking for a low-cost, legally-friendly path to parenthood.”
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(1.25.2010) Times of India: “As high drama is being played out in Indian courts over surrogacy issues, the US consulate in Chennai, perhaps worried about the rash of litigations, has decided to tighten its visa processing norms, particularly for couples coming to the city for fertility treatment and assisted reproduction.”

(1.20.2010) Indian Express: “The surrogate twins [born in India] of a German couple continue to be in no-man’s land . . . Subramanium told the apex court that the German embassy had said its laws were firm that surrogacy was a punishable offence, leaving little room for the children to be granted visas as German citizens.

(10.12.2009) The Daily Beast: “Samson, a native of India, started Surrogacy Abroad in 2006, when one of his sisters was having trouble getting pregnant . . . [his] agency is one of the few to specifically target gay couples . . . Of course, using Indian surrogates raises ethical issues. An article in a recent issue of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics called into question some of the assertions by clinic operators and surrogacy agencies regarding the women who are surrogates.”