Surrogacy tourism is growing as we speak. Babies can be incubated at low prices. For example, Patel's clinic charges fifteen thousand to twenty thousands for the entire pregnancy. By 2008, Patel's clinic had forty-five surrogates on payroll and on average three new women each day come to the clinic to become a surrogate. According to Patel "there are at least 350 other fertility clinics around India". Being a surrogate is a great ways for the women to make money and show that they can make their own decisions. Not only does surrogacy benefit the surrogate mothers, but it also benefits the family who is receiving the child. Surrogacy provides another family with the most precious gift you could ever give someone. Although, couples pay thousands of dollars to hire a surrogate and receive their baby, it takes a special woman to be able to carry a child for nine months just to give it up. .
Why India for surrogacy? One of the main reason people go to India to find a surrogate mother is the cost. In America, the whole procedure to obtain a child from a surrogate can cost more that sixty thousand dollars a year. This covers from the law aspect to the medical aspect of the situation. In India, the entire surrogacy process cost around twenty thousand dollars. It cost three times as less than surrogacy in The United States. Also there are more women in India that are willing to carry a baby just to give it up. It is easier to find someone to carry your baby in Indian than it is in America and it is a lot cheaper. Another great reason to go to India for surrogacy is the law aspect of the whole situation. There are some laws in India for surrogacy, but they are common sense laws. Some laws are, the birth certificate of the surrogate child should contain the names of the commissioning parents only, sex-selective surrogacy should be prohibited, right of privacy of donor as well as the surrogate mother should be protected, and a surrogacy contract should take care of the life insurance for the surrogate mother.