WORLDSCMP CHINA
Wombs for hire: the painful price of Asia’s baby trade
A Thai woman named Nicha gives birth to a baby for a Chinese family, part of Asia's commercial surrogacy trade. The child will be raised by grandparents in China, while Nicha may never see the baby again due to the emotional and physical toll of surrogacy.
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