Abandoned babies, forged birth records: Surrogacy in the Philippines | 101 East Documentary
Nov 14, 2024 #surrogacy #aljazeeraenglish #philippines
In the Philippines, women are renting out their wombs.
Driven by poverty, y
Nov 14, 2024 #surrogacy #aljazeeraenglish #philippines
In the Philippines, women are renting out their wombs.
Driven by poverty, young women are offering themselves up as surrogates for those unable to bear children.
But the practice is considered taboo in this predominantly Catholic nation.
Clinics offering surrogacy services are also breaking the law, with false documents being created to circumvent issues surrounding parentage.
101 East investigates the underground surrogacy industry in the Philippines.
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