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‘Her payment never came’: What it’s really like being a surrogate mother in Georgia

A booming surrogacy industry has made fortunes and broken promises. As scandals brew and a court case begins in Georgia, three women who carried children for strangers share their stories – from emergency twin C-sections to failed implantations

Photographs of newborn babies were the only decoration on the walls of the home were Nui* and several other surrogate mothers were housed. Photography credit: Pearly Jacob.
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