"New reporting from Wired details the explosively acrimonious fallout of a deal gone horribly wrong, between a San Francisco venture capitalist and a single mother she engaged to be a pregnancy surrogate. The story, which has gone viral on social media, centers on an ambitious and exacting venture capitalist, Cindy Bi, and a woman referred to in the story as Rebecca Smith, a pseudonym to protect her privacy, who agreed to be a surrogate for Bi and her husband."
"While the two women initially had a warm relationship, it gradually turned tense, then detonated when Smith experienced a miscarriage. Bi sued Smith, accusing her of killing the child, and engaged in other aggressive behaviors that Bi described to Wired as attempts to achieve justice for the deceased infant, called Leon. The story details the uniquely tangled power dynamics involved with surrogacy;"
An ambitious venture capitalist, Cindy Bi, and a woman using the pseudonym Rebecca Smith entered a surrogacy agreement that deteriorated after Smith miscarried. Their initially warm relationship became tense and then litigious when Bi sued Smith, accused her of killing the child, and pursued other aggressive actions she framed as seeking justice for the deceased infant, Leon. The case illustrates stark power imbalances: Bi asserts surrogates hold immense power, while Smith describes being treated as an "incubator" and targeted when expectations were unmet. Surrogacy demand is rising rapidly, medical risks can increase for carriers, and regulations and disclosure requirements remain limited.
Read at Boston.com
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