I have been listening to this podcast and wondered if anyone else had heard it?
https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/in-the-dark/the-journey#intcid=0c206f38-d721-45c5-b0e1-b26790e4866e
It's about a woman and man in California who were found to have 21 babies in a mansion, all born via surrogate.
It's fair to say they are both pretty dodgy characters and the man, Gunjun Xuan, seems to have quite a few dodgy dealings, from illegal casinos, multiple real estate properties with many holding companies. Drank a lot and was incredibly controlling to his employees.
Mainly from the gestational carriers pov but speaks to other another surragecy agency too.
I'm most struck by how little the agency care for the baby they play a huge part in creating, the human life, but also the (perhaps misplaced) selflessness, or altruism of the women who are pregnant.
It's an incredible story and will hopefully completely abolish the western surragecy industry we have at the moment (unlikely I know) or at least ensure there is legislation around this.
Here are some news articles if you are interested but can't listen: https://abc7ny.com/story/arcadia-surrogacy-scandal-guojon-xuan-sylvia-zhang-arrested-child-abuse-charges/19914377/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crx23dvnp8vxo
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/couple-arrested-on-child-abuse-charges-in-surrogacy-scheme_n_6ac5479be4b0613dcc56f02c