Surrogacy stories (state regulators, take note)

 Surrogacy in the U.S. has become well established, with commercial surrogacy legal in almost all US states.  But problems sometimes occur, often of a financial nature, which suggest that in many places the regulatory oversight is still insufficient. (It's natural new regulations should be applied to newish markets as they experience fixable problems...)

Here are three recent stories that I recommend to the attention of regulators. 

WSJ:

Surrogacy Is a Multibillion-Dollar Business—but Surrogates Can Be Left With Big Debts
Booming fertility industry, a new target of private-equity and other investors, is largely unregulated, leaving the women giving birth with few financial or legal protections  By  Katherine Long

 

NBC

 How a top-tier surrogacy agency became an FBI target
Dozens of clients and surrogates were left panicked and in the dark after the agency’s owner seemingly disappeared. One intended parent, Mariana Klaveno, is missing $66,000. By Kenzi Abou-Sabe, Alexandra Chaidez, Liz Kreutz and Andrew Blankstein

 

NYT:

A Surrogacy Firm Told Parents-to-Be Their Money Was Safe. Suddenly, It Vanished.
Surro Connections held itself out as a reliable business. Now, clients have lost as much as tens of thousands of dollars meant to compensate women carrying their pregnancies.  
By Sarah Kliff