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Couple at center of surrogacy scandal arrested on child abuse charges

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The Independent UK · Oct 6

California couple with 21 children arrested on ‘house of horrors’ child abuse charges

The couple has at least 21 children, most born via surrogacy

The Independent UK · Oct 6

California couple arrested on child abuse charges in surrogacy investigation, police say

Police say a California couple has been arrested on child abuse charges following an investigation into a surrogacy scheme involving at least 21 children

The Independent UK · Oct 6

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Xu Bo's 100-Plus Child Surrogacy Report Raises Questions Over US Protections for Women Who Carry Pregnancies

A US surrogate says she was not told that Chinese billionaire Xu Bo was the intended father, highlighting gaps in disclosure and regulation across the surrogacy industry.

International Business Times UK · Sep 13

Surrogate Sues Couple She Gave Baby To After Learning They Already Had 21 Kids

“Tell me the truth about what happened to the baby I carried — the baby you named Poppy,” wrote Tronderrica James in an email to the pair.

Bored Panda · Feb 5

Travel to US, obtain birth certificate, return to China: Author says Beijing is ‘weaponising’ American citizenship through 'Manchurian Generation'

A right-wing author has claimed that China is exploiting American birthright citizenship laws by sending soon-to-be mothers to United States to give birth, securing US citizenship for children, and those children return to China to be raised and then later return back to the US as adults with full legal…

The Times of India · Jan 24

Two surrogates speak out about California couple under investigation

Authorities are investigating a Southern California couple after their infant child was taken to a hospital with a traumatic head injury and 21 children were discovered in their custody

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2025

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Questions about surrogacy are raised in case of California couple with house brimming with kids

The removal of 21 children from a Los Angeles-area couple has put a spotlight on the practice of using surrogates to build a family

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

Authorities take custody of 21 kids in California while surrogate moms claim couple misled them

More than 20 children are in the custody of a California child-welfare agency while authorities investigate a Los Angeles-area couple and whether surrogate mothers around the country were misled

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

21 babies and kids rescued after couple ‘tricked surrogates across the nation to carry babies for them’

Police investigated the couple after their 2-month-old baby’s traumatic head injury and discovered the pair had 21 children, all from surrogates.

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

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