Thursday, March 26, 2009

Surrogacy Firm Accused Of Civil Fraud And Customer Complaints

The March 26, 2009 edition of the Los Angeles Times has an article about a Beverly Hills-based surrogacy and egg-donor agency, B Coming, that has been sued civilly by Health Net and a Spanish couple and has received complaints by customers and surrogates. See article:

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-surrogate26-2009mar26,0,1168273.story

Due to laws in foreign countries, many potential parents are coming to California due to the more relaxed laws allowing surrogacy. The potential for disputes abound in this area especially where parents are paying high fees, surrogates are involved and the parties are vulnerable.

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