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‘Under the table’: Cambodia’s surrogate mothers risk jail for Chinese couples
Pregnant and scared, Yin hides in a house on the outskirts of Phnom Penh — one of an untold number of Cambodian surrogate mothers risking jail time for lucrative payouts from Chinese clients.
The end of China’s one-child policy has driven desperate couples too old to bring a baby to term to poorer countries in the Mekong region, where a “womb-for-rent” industry is brushing up against legal barriers. Cambodia banned commercial surrogacy in 2016 but still has brokers — and eligible young women — skirting the ban for a price.
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30.12.2018 | 14:40
Cambodia, China, Down Syndrome, one-child policy, Surrogacy, surrogate mother, Thailand, women's rights
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