These procedures are carried out through agencies and both the birth mother and the parent paying for the process are kept in the dark about each other's identities.
That way the woman cant walk up to the celebs and extort them. I am not sure if the paying party is completely in the dark considering they might want to see the woman and know her medical records before they choose her as the surrogate mother. People like Ekta, KJo have enough money to cross all legal barriers.
Ekta also claimed she tried IVF several times before she went in for surrogacy. So maybe Ekta knows who the sperm donor is. She is too superstitious, sab kundli dekh ke kiya hoga.
I think there are some laws that make surrogacy illegal or difficult to carry out in India. That's why she explained that she had undergone IVF and it didn't work out.
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