00977pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001800040245004100058260000900099300001300108362001100121520063400132650001300766700001800779773003400797180718b2009   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aQadeer, Imran  aThe business and ethics of surrogacy  c2009  ap.10-12.  a10 Jun  aThe draft assisted reproductive technology regulation bill and rules (2008) intends to regulate an "industry" in India that has been expanding by leaps and bounds, mainly on account of a growing demand by foreign couples in search of relatively cheap surrogacy arrangements. This commentary argues that there has been next to no public debate on the ethical, social and medical questions around infertility and surrogacy in our context, and makes a begining in this direction. thanks to pressure from womens group the draft has now been placed on the web site of the Indian council of Medical Research for comments. - Reproduced.  aIndustry  aJohn, Mary E.  aEconomic and Political Weekly