now, couples seeking surrogacy have to go to a state where it is legal.

Lahl says there should be an outright federal ban on surrogacy. In her film, she cites several examples of arrangements gone wrong.

Heather, an Arizona mother of two who agreed to be a surrogate, said she was asked by the intended parents to abort when the fetus was diagnosed with open lip schizencephaly. She says in the film that she did not want to “play god,” and found a family willing to adopt the boy. In the end, according to the film, the parents kept the baby, but the father was hesitant to even hold the boy at the birth.

One surrogate from New Jersey carried twins for her gay brother and his partner then ended upthat conviction,
Graham agreed to testify for the government under a
cooperation agreement in the hope of reducing his sentence.
During the government’s direct examination, the prosecutor
questioned Graham about a shooting involving Graham, Gray,
and John Raynor, another member of the conspiracy who was
tried separately in the Moore proceeding. The following
exchange occurred:

    Q. Okay. And just tell the ladies and gentlemen a
    little bit about the statement that you gave to John
    Raynor’s investigator about the shooting into the
    green Cadillac.

    ...

    A. When I came down – I was at the jail initially,
    and they moved me down to Lorton, to Center, in
    preparation to be moved