The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is a women's health centre located in Anand, Gujarat, India,[1] and headed by Dr Nayna Patel.
Patel states that "we provide a legitimate service to those in need, whether it is the couple who desperately want a child or the woman who wishes to change her circumstances, to educate her children, build a house or pay off debts.
"[5] Surrogacy involves the infertile couple going to the clinic, requesting a surrogate, and essentially renting her womb for the next nine months.
Of the women who work as surrogates "nearly half described themselves as housewives and the rest were a mix of domestic, service, and manual laborers".
During their required stay "residents are offered daily English classes and weekly lessons in computer use" and the director "arranges film screenings and gives out school backpacks and pencil boxes to surrogates' children".
The surrogacy industry has played a role in transforming the economy of Anand in India and financially bettering the lives of thousands of poor families and the government's recent move to ban the practice will wipe out incomes.
There are so many people directly or indirectly surviving on surrogacy, so it's going to be a huge economic impact as far as Anand is concerned.
[11]" In 2008 a law—the Assisted Reproductive Technologies Bill (ART)—was introduced to protect surrogates, the children and the commissioning parents.
[12] Dr Anup Gupta, the founder of Delhi IVF, a clinic that handles five to six cases a month said that "The legislation will facilitate surrogacy".