This investigative report by NPR's Dia Hadid and producer Shweta Desai exposes the underground human egg trade in India, which has flourished since the 2021 Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Act banned commercial surrogacy and the sale of human eggs. While the law aimed to protect
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