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Freed from jail, Cambodian surrogate mothers raise Chinese children

Cambodian surrogate moms will now be forced to their client's babies and forfeit the money they were promised. Cambodia banned commercial surrogacy in 2016 and as a result the women were arrested for human trafficking. [Courtesy]

Sophea was eight months pregnant when Cambodian police told her she would have to keep the baby that was never meant to be hers - and forfeit the $10,000 she was promised for acting as a surrogate for a Chinese couple.

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