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As surrogacy booms, fears Ukraine becoming 'online baby store'

A nurse cares for newborn babies at Kiev's Venice hotel -- dozens born to surrogate mothers were stranded in Ukraine as their foreign parents were unable to collect them for weeks owing to coronavirus border closures. [AFP]

Tears of joy stream down Andrea Viez's face as she lifts her baby boy, born to a surrogate mother in Ukraine.

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