Surrogate pregnancy is illegal in China, so with the "one-family, one-child' policy lifted, many affluent Chinese couples are flocking to the United States for American women open to the work. Demand is skyrocketing. Surrogacy can cost around $100,000 of which about a third goes to the child-bearer.
From the New Republic:
Read Full Article »One flight down is a separate waiting room, both smaller and louder. “Carriers”—the women who will carry the babies for the would-be parents upstairs—watch as their own children frolic in a small, glass-walled playroom. Toddlers climb over soft blocks, roll around on rubber mats, and clutch stuffed animals. Children are not allowed on the top floor: Their presence might upset clients who are unable to conceive. But downstairs, children are a credential. They offer proof that a carrier can do her job.
