Lisa Ling Investigates: Wombs For Rent

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🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Original Air Date: October 9, 2007 Oprah Show correspondent Lisa Ling travels to India with a couple so desperate to have a baby that they've hired someone who lives more than 10,000 miles away to carry a baby for them. Oprah talks to this couple and later talks to Alexis Stewart, Martha Stewart's daughter, who says she spends $28,000 every month on fertility drugs. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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