This is nuts. I don't want to comment on whether lending womb is good or bad, but see the figures that are given in the article.....
Doctor charges 1lakh 15,000 USD and what the surrogate mother gets is 2.5 lakhs 600USD (at the most)in the whole period some facilities. Leftover 10 lakhs go to the doctor!!! Hey she actually is not charging 1 lakh, but about 11 lakhs.
The Author has written "There's a fnancial side of it" and gave it a very very sweet and rosy picture, whereas there's a BIG MONEY involved. End of all this, the surrogate mother gets peanuts despite taking ALL the pains (after insemination doc's work is just like any other gynaecologist)and the doctor flying away with most of the money.
Middle men will soon get involved in the BUSINESS and make the things worse (forcing some helpless women and taking advantage).
This is more a social issue than medical and proper laws must be made more stringent around this procedure helping the surrogate women.
