Reproductive technology is a modern miracle. It's made it possible for millions of people to become parents who might otherwise not have been able to. But growing demand has spawned a multibillion-dollar industry that’s largely unregulated in the U.S. 
In our first episode looking at the wild west of the fertility industry, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/ryan-knutson?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqdwnFVuiUNejBtrFp20Rf8gj15d83hn_GgXWLGExlTL1SDLZYAT6FqEeSplnMs%3D&gaa_ts=69ab2025&gaa_sig=vL3_5bXwWf5b9UwRD8DPwNF3WACt3avWVADF8HoqV0FvzVz8I9bt024xxjCkYFjilV0VMqHxjvfO-a5zY5MebQ%3D%3D?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Ryan Knutson</a> speaks with a three-time surrogate who ended up in a big legal battle. Nia Trent-Wilson was left with hundreds of thousands of dollars in <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/surrogacy-unregulated-debts-profits-b9fdd987?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcCE7V6REJs04kwcL6htlzY4Z6ukhhihmESRV4lz3nQ52TOcGPiI4ragnu58lA%3D&gaa_ts=69ab2165&gaa_sig=LEHAO2dmDMloa_o_C0iJg7zgb59236bGCH9OQWHNkEmsGt9T8-Rwdl0js_WrTC2bt2QThBWAzTuLinHzhV4m9Q%3D%3D?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">medical debt after a family didn’t pay up after delivery</a>. WSJ’s <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/katherine-long?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqeXMr1rskAqQwOJab1r1rqcBU94Ul0ocuc_mHvT_EFacYi_ILQcoMS2tpHPtt4%3D&gaa_ts=69ab2161&gaa_sig=XpPxWzbM-8hSaJzgl-44sDeIViEy7fhrd0rv5aELZwDanBQMVL7RTVyNmyJYYMAoPVzqYu6wyFcU_8elUfVohg%3D%3D?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Katherine Long</a> reports on how the industry fosters a dramatic power imbalance between surrogates and intended parents.

Further Listening: 

- <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7oASqFiqqeDvZ4su07a5jg?si=d4941519684e45b2">The Mystery of the Mansion Filled With Surrogate Children</a>
- <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6zM2k2m6ukUX7JJahmbYxs?si=c9b8bdfd3f4f47a9">America’s Maternal Health Crisis </a>
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