Mauro (R) and his partner Juan Carlos from Spain hold their twin babies at a private hospital after an Indian surrogate mother delivered twin baby girls for them in New Delhi February 16, 2011. Surrogate motherhood is among the latest in a long list of roles being outsourced to India, where rent-a-womb services are far cheaper than in the West. Fertility clinics usually charge $2,000-$3,000 for the procedure while a surrogate is paid anything between $3,000 and $6,000, a fortune in a country with an annual per capita income of around $500. But the practice is not without its critics in India with some calling it the "commoditisation of motherhood" and an exploitation of the poor by the rich.

Recording artist Lady Gaga speaks at a rally in support of repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gay service members, in Portland, Maine, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010.

(Above) Supporters of same-sex marriage hold signs and cheer after a stay was lifted that allows same-sex couples to marry in Calif. on Aug. 12, 2010 in San Francisco. California Supreme court Judge Vaughn Walker lifted a stay on same-sex marriages in Calif. just over one week after his ruling that Prop 8 was unconstitutional. Marriages will be allowed to resume on Aug. 18. (Below) Danielle Peregory, left, places a veil on the head of her future wife Kelly Jones as they wait in line to get a marriage license at the San Francisco City Hall.

Victor Choban, left, of Sacramento, Calif., and Richard Otterstad, right, of Oakland, Calif., hold protest signs outside City Hall as same-sex couples begin lining up to be married in San Francisco, on Aug. 12.