LostInCalifornia on Nostr: But Xuan and Zhang, the attorneys said, were able to sidestep what few safeguards ...

But Xuan and Zhang, the attorneys said, were able to sidestep what few safeguards exist in the generally unregulated U.S. surrogacy industry by creating their own firm, Mark Surrogacy Investments. While there are almost no rules governing who can and cannot acquire a child through the surrogacy process — which involves paying women to receive embryo transfers and carry the babies to term — independent firms still conduct due diligence on prospective clients and surrogates, according to Maya Shulman, a Calabasas-based surrogacy lawyer.

By launching their own firm, Xuan and Zhang were able to ensure no one looked into their backgrounds, Shulman said.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-10-13/arcadia-surrogacy-house-violence-threats-child-abuse-allegations

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