Babies in bunkers: the surrogate mothers and infants trapped in Ukraine
Today in Focus
The Guardian
4.5 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:08.2 | Today, the babies and surrogate mothers |
| 0:11.4 | trapped by war and Ukraine, |
| 0:13.4 | and the parents trying to get them out. |
| 0:23.0 | Just a quick warning before we start. |
| 0:25.0 | This episode does contain some scenes |
| 0:27.1 | that some listeners will find distressing. |
| 0:42.3 | It's an image I can't shake from my mind. |
| 0:45.2 | Rose of tiny helpless babies in a bunker, |
| 0:48.7 | stuck in the middle of a war zone. |
| 0:52.6 | Born to surrogate mothers, |
| 0:54.5 | these infants have been left in limbo. |
| 0:57.3 | As the parents who've dreamed of holding them |
| 0:59.8 | can only watch in horror as Russian bombs |
| 1:03.2 | rain down on Ukraine. |
| 1:10.5 | Every year, around 2,000 children |
| 1:13.3 | are born via surrogacy in Ukraine |
| 1:15.4 | to couples from all over the world. |
| 1:18.6 | Many, like Annabelle, |
| 1:20.7 | who have waited years to become parents. |
| 1:26.2 | Nobody goes to Ukraine for surrogacy |
| 1:29.1 | that hasn't been through a journey of heartbreak, loss and grief. |
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