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Are babies being bought and sold in the United States?
Commercial surrogacy - when women are paid to carry and
deliver babies for people who cannot conceive them
biologically - is banned in almost every developed country in
the world except the United States, making it a land of opportunity
for parents around the world. In June, celebrity parents Matthew
Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker announced publicly they had
twins delivered via surrogate. But surrogacy services and their
oversight vary from state to state, creating a strong potential for
deceit and fraud.
NOW's senior correspondent Maria Hinojosa follows the surrogate
pregnancy of a single mother over the course of several months.
When she was 14-weeks pregnant, the surrogate agency that brokered
the deal between her and the future parents vanished, leaving the
woman stranded without health insurance and nowhere to turn. NOW
investigates how shady surrogacy services and a lack of regulation
in the U.S. may be defrauding hopeful couples and victimizing
mothers trying to help them.