US EditionAuthorities remove 21 surrogate-born children from California couple amid trafficking probe
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, JUL 15 – Authorities removed 21 children from a California couple amid allegations of neglect, abuse, and an illegal surrogacy scheme involving surrogate mothers nationwide.
- California authorities took 21 children into protective custody amid a surrogacy scam investigation involving Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang.
- The children range in age from 2 months to 13 years old and were found following a report of child abuse related to a 2-month-old baby.
- The FBI is investigating possible connections to human trafficking, with surrogate mothers claiming they were misled about their pregnancies.
- Kallie Fell from the Center of Bioethics and Culture stated that the conditions reflect a pattern of treating women as 'wombs-for-hire' and children as commodities.
183 Articles
183 Articles
Police in the Californian city of Arcadia have removed 21 children from a couple. The pair are suspected of child abuse. Police are also investigating whether they misled surrogate mothers. The children found range in age from 2 months to 13 years old. Most are between 1 and 3 years old. Fifteen children were taken from the couple's expansive home. Six others were placed elsewhere. The couple, a 38-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man, were arre…
21 Children Removed from California Home in Bizarre Surrogacy Case - News Addicts
Behind the gates of a $4.1 million castle-style mansion in Arcadia, California, a dark and disturbing scheme has been uncovered. Authorities say Guojun Xuan, 65, and Silvia Zhang, 38, were harboring 21 children born through surrogacy, including 17 under the age of three, in what neighbors and investigators are calling a possible illegal surrogacy operation […]
Bizarre discovery of 21 children in LA home raises questions about lack of regulations for surrogacy
Surrogacy has no federal regulation, leaving it up to states, like a child welfare agency's removal of children aged mostly between 1 and 2 from an LA County mansion.
Surrogacy scandal: Woman wants baby back from California couple
(NewsNation) — A Texas woman is seeking custody of a baby she carried as a surrogate after California authorities removed 21 children from a couple accused of running a massive surrogacy scam. Kayla Elliott gave birth to the child in March for 38-year-old Silvia Zhang and her 65-year-old husband Guojun Xuan, both of Chinese descent. Elliott now believes she was deceived and wants the baby back. "I definitely think there's some type of traffickin…
Surrogacy Scandal Puts 21 Children and Infants in Danger
Over 20 children removed from a home in the Los Angeles suburb of Arcadia were the latest victims of IVF and surrogate reproductive technologies in a case now being investigated by the FBI. The legal guardians of the 21 children, Siliva Zhang and Guojun Xuan, have been arrested on charges of child abuse and neglect, and are allegedly under investigation for a large-scale crime ring. The consequences of their twisted surrogacy practices are still…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 57% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
