Plans to Ban Commercial Surrogacy in India
印度禁止商业代孕
TRANSCRIPT
(Q1) The Indian government has put forward plans to ban commercial surrogacy, the practice of one woman bearing a baby for others. If approved by parliament, the law will also block foreigners, people of Indian origin, single parents and homosexuals from having children in India through surrogacy. (Q2) Infertility groups have criticized the proposed law, saying it could lead to an illegal surrogacy industry.
(Q3) For years, civil society groups have been calling for a total ban on commercial surrogacy because they argue that the system has been misused. (Q4) For example, the women—they don't get enough money—will rent their wombs. (Q5) And number two, if the child is born like disabled or handicapped with some deformity, what happens to the child, do they leave the child back in India or they take those children with them, these foreigners who come to India?
VOCABULARY
1. surrogacy (N-UNCOUNT) 代孕 Surrogacy is an arrangement by which a woman gives birth to a baby on behalf of a woman who is physically unable to have babies herself, and then gives the baby to her. 例句：In this country it is illegal to pay for surrogacy. 在该国有偿代孕是违法的。
2. homosexual n. a person, usually a man, who is sexually attracted to people of the same sex 同性恋者（通常指男性）。例如：a practising homosexual有同性恋行为的人
3. infertility n. (人或动物)不能生育的 A person or animal that is infertile is unable to produce babies. 例句：According to one survey, one woman in eight is infertile. 据我们调查, 八分之一的女性不能生育。
4. womb n. 子宫 A woman's womb is the part inside her body where a baby grows before it is born.
5. disabled adj. 丧失能力的;有残疾的 Someone who is disabled has an illness, injury, or condition that tends to restrict the way that they can live their life, especially by making it difficult for them to move about. 例句：Practical problems encountered by disabled people in the workplace. 在工作场所中残疾人所遇到的实际问题。
6. handicapped adj. 残疾的，有生理缺陷的，弱智的（可能具冒犯意味） Someone who is handicapped has a physical or mental disability that prevents them living a totally normal life. Many people who have a disability find this word offensive. 例句：I'm going to work two days a week teaching handicapped kids to fish. 我将每周工作两天，教残疾儿童钓鱼。
Alex was mentally handicapped. 亚历克斯智力上有缺陷。
7. deformity n. （身体的）畸形部位（或器官） A deformity is a part of someone's body which is not the normal shape because of injury or illness, or because they were born this way. 如：facial deformities in babies 婴儿的面部畸形处
QUESTIONS
Fill in the blanks of the following sentences with the information you hear in the news.
1. The Indian government has put forward plans to ban commercial surrogacy, the practice of one woman _____________________________________________.
2. Infertility groups have criticized the proposed law, saying it could lead to _______________________________________________________________.
3. For years, civil society groups have been calling for a total ban on commercial surrogacy because they argue that __________________________________.
4. For example, the women—they don't get _____________________—will rent their wombs.
5. And number two, if the child is born like disabled or _________________ with some ______________________________, what happens to the child, do they leave the child back in India or they take those children with them, these ______________________________ who come to India?
KEY
1. The Indian government has put forward plans to ban commercial surrogacy, the practice of one woman bearing a baby for others.
2. Infertility groups have criticized the proposed law, saying it could lead to an illegal surrogacy industry.
3. For years, civil society groups have been calling for a total ban on commercial surrogacy because they argue that the system has been misused.
4. For example, the women—they don't get enough money—will rent their wombs.
5. And number two, if the child is born like disabled or handicapped with some deformity, what happens to the child, do they leave the child back in India or they take those children with them, these foreigners who come to India?
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