It is tightly run by skilled doctors, with low mortality rates.
Given the state of the science, "sometimes there's no clear course forward even for those being advised by highly skilled doctors".
"These contributions save mothers' lives by helping to fund skilled doctors and midwives, access to family planning, ambulances, roads and basic medical tools," she says.
Looking from the top down, likening the Chinese authorities to skilled doctors of the body politic, some wax eloquent about the new surveillance tactics of "continuous tuning" (tiao).
India, with cheap technology, skilled doctors and a steady supply of local surrogates, is one of relatively few countries where women can be paid to carry another's child.
"These proposals will not solve the shortage of skilled doctors and nurses across the health service and should not aim to do so.
Experts fear that the toll could quickly rise if such procedures are not performed by skilled doctors at medical centers that have performed many of the operations.
But while these highly skilled doctors are kept from working, Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey are in desperate need of affordable healthcare.
