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🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Lilly Frost set up a surrogacy service promising cheap rates and guaranteed pregnancy. Now, the FBI is investigating.

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0:00.0	Decades ago, if you couldn't conceive or carry a child naturally, your options for becoming
0:07.2	a parent were limited.
0:09.6	But then in 1978, in vitro fertilization IVF became possible, and with it, a booming fertility
0:17.3	industry.
0:18.3	The IVF can be very expensive, and one method in particular can lead to heartache and scandal.
0:33.3	I'm Gustavo Riano. You're listening to The Times, essential news from Bel-A. Times.
0:38.9	It's Wednesday, August 17, 2022.
0:42.8	Today, how one woman's attempt to offer more affordable surrogacy services collapsed,
0:48.6	leaving in its wake, heartbroken couples, frustrated surrogates, and an FBI investigation.
1:08.6	Emily Baumgartner spent months investigating this case for The LA Times.
1:13.0	Emily, welcome to the Times.
1:14.7	Thanks for having me.
1:16.0	So you recently looked into the surrogacy industry and the owner of one enterprise in particular, Lily Frost, who is she?
1:23.5	And how did she first get involved in the fertility business?
1:27.1	Lily Frost is the owner of surrogacy beyond borders.
1:30.2	It was a surrogacy coordination company based in San Diego.
1:37.5	Hello, you have reached Lily Frost with my donor cycle and surrogacy beyond borders.
1:43.0	I'm not available to take your call right now.
1:45.0	She got involved in the industry in her mid-20s.
1:48.4	Hi, Lily.
1:49.3	This is Emily Baumgartner calling.
1:51.2	I am a journalist at the L.A. Times.
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