Why the world wants American surrogates | BBC News

The United States is one of the few wealthy countries where commercial surrogacy remains legal.

Bans elsewhere in the world, combined with a largely free-market approach at home, have made the US an international destination for would-be parents from around the globe – fuelling the industry’s rapid expansion. But could it all come to an end?

Today on The Global Story, we speak to fertility technology reporter Emi Nietfeld about how the US became a global hub for surrogacy – and why a series of high-profile cases is raising difficult questions about the industry.

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Timecodes:

0:00 Why does the world want American surrogates?
2:07 The Ted Zhou/Kyla Simpson case
6:13 How popular is surrogacy in the US?
7:23 Is the US politically divided over surrogacy?
8:46 The European controversy around surrogacy
12:00 US citizenship and political backlash
13:00 Revisiting the Zhou/Simpson case
 19:34 How does birthright citizenship affect US surrogacy?

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