Key Points
The market for surrogacy is expected to expand to $129 billion by 2032, fueled by older parents, rising infertility, and more same-sex families..
Silicon Valley contributes to the growth too: Tech companies like Google, Meta, and Snap pitch in up to $80,000 toward the six-figure cost of the process...
Critics claim the practice exploits poor women who are not fully informed of the hazards; in fact, the United States is one of the only developed countries that allows pregnancy for profit...
One West Coast surrogate who has carried two sets of twins for parents in California and China opens up about what its been like for her...
A few years later, an agency reached out and told me a couple in China were offering Scrooge McDuck buckets of money..
