The business of surrogacy is growing fast, as fertility rates fall and demand from gay parents rises. This global trade has a dark underbelly, and needs policing. 00:51 America: putting a price on family 05:32 What’s driving demand? 07:52 How did surrogacy become a global trade? 11:30 Surrogacy’s dark underbelly 16:49 How can surrogacy be better regulated? 21:10 What’s in the child’s best interest? Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI Read our full quarterly report on fertility: https://econ.st/44YZqqD The fertility sector is booming: https://econ.st/3rntoHm Surrogacy reform is spreading in the rich world: https://econ.st/46jxFdK Watch more of our Now & Next series https://econ.st/46f9mgU OR https://econ.st/3PrywBZ Listen to our podcast about Britain’s proposed surrogacy law reforms: https://econ.st/44Wcayl Watch our film about whether it’s worth having kids: https://econ.st/3Pr0SMR |
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