Another day, another surrogacy abuse

[Anonymous]

Did anyone catch this horrifying article in the New Yorker about the family that had 25 kids or so via surrogacy, raised them in abusive conditions, got the kids taken by CPS because of the abuse, and then they bought more babies?

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/16/the-babies-kept-in-a-mysterious-los-angeles-mansion

I have no idea why this is allowed. It is pure evil.

[Anonymous]

Paywall

[Anonymous]

Is this the Chinese couple? I'm pretty sure there's at least one other thread about this "family".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Paywall

Here is an archive link:

https://archive.ph/2026.02.09-111134/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/16/the-babies-kept-in-a-mysterious-los-angeles-mansion

[Anonymous]

Is it just me or are a lot of these bonkers surrogacy stories involving Chinese nationals? What’s up with that?

[Anonymous]

I think carriers need to do more due diligence that the fetus they're carrying and intending to give will go to good people. And in general, this industry needs regulation. There needs to be a cap on how many children you can have through surrogacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think carriers need to do more due diligence that the fetus they're carrying and intending to give will go to good people. And in general, this industry needs regulation. There needs to be a cap on how many children you can have through surrogacy.

Commercial surrogacy should just be banned. There is no way to avoid abusive situations like this otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or are a lot of these bonkers surrogacy stories involving Chinese nationals? What’s up with that?

Surrogacy is banned in China, as it is in most other countries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this the Chinese couple? I'm pretty sure there's at least one other thread about this "family".

Unfortunately I think there are more than one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think carriers need to do more due diligence that the fetus they're carrying and intending to give will go to good people. And in general, this industry needs regulation. There needs to be a cap on how many children you can have through surrogacy.

The carriers are the exploited people here. It is not on them to solve this problem. They were lied to. It’s reproductive coercion at the very least.

I feel terrible for these women who thought they were giving a loving family help with family formation only to find that they brought babies into horrific abuse and neglect.

Commercial surrogacy should be banned entirely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think carriers need to do more due diligence that the fetus they're carrying and intending to give will go to good people. And in general, this industry needs regulation. There needs to be a cap on how many children you can have through surrogacy.

I think it is unrealistic to put the burden of due diligence on the surrogates. They are usually doing it because they are desperate for money and the surrogacy agencies cover for the intended parents in shady situations because they are the source of all the money.

I personally support banning commercial surrogacy, but, at the very least, the industry clearly needs better regulation. The surrogacy agencies involved in the case of the Chinese couple with 25 kids must have known something wasn't right but they didn't care as long as they got paid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think carriers need to do more due diligence that the fetus they're carrying and intending to give will go to good people. And in general, this industry needs regulation. There needs to be a cap on how many children you can have through surrogacy.

I think it is unrealistic to put the burden of due diligence on the surrogates. They are usually doing it because they are desperate for money and the surrogacy agencies cover for the intended parents in shady situations because they are the source of all the money.

I personally support banning commercial surrogacy, but, at the very least, the industry clearly needs better regulation. The surrogacy agencies involved in the case of the Chinese couple with 25 kids must have known something wasn't right but they didn't care as long as they got paid.

This is not true in the U.S. Most surrogates are middle class and employed. The vast majority reported that money was not their primary motivation.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1472648324004917