The Dark Side of Surrogacy and Women Renting Out their Wombs w/ Ericka Andersen
The Girl Defined Show
Bethany Beal and Kristen Clark
4.2 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Today on The Girl to Find Show, we are talking about Syrigacy, a $14 billion industry that is |
| 0:06.0 | profiting off the womb rental of impoverished women around the world. And you may have seen this |
| 0:11.5 | with celebrities like Chloe Kardashian, Paris Hilton, and others who have popularized Syrigacy |
| 0:16.8 | by portraying it as an empowering option for women. But as we're going to unpack today, |
| 0:21.6 | there is a dark side to this industry. It is known as the big Syrigacy industry, |
| 0:27.2 | and it's fueled by money, desperation, and personal desire. And as we peek behind the scenes, |
| 0:32.9 | we will also see that it is very dehumanizing to women and babies, and it's leading to so many |
| 0:38.8 | unethical situations. But you might be wondering, what about genuine women who are struggling |
| 0:44.0 | with infertility who need this option? And you guys, I've fallen to that camp as someone who |
| 0:48.5 | has been offered and recommended Syrigacy as an option, as a solution to my infertility. I'm |
| 0:53.4 | going to ask Erica about that. Is there a way to pursue this ethically? We're going to talk about |
| 0:58.0 | all of that with my guest, Erica Anderson, right now on the Girl to Find Show. |
| 1:05.8 | Erica, thank you for being here today. |
| 1:08.7 | Thank you, Kristen. I'm so excited to be here after seeing you guys like just pop up everywhere |
| 1:14.3 | in my feed. So I was so excited when I got your message to come on the show. |
| 1:19.0 | Girl, this is going to be such a good conversation. Let's just jump right in. Please help me and |
| 1:24.5 | everyone else understand what exactly is Syrigacy. We hear this word. We're seeing it in the news. |
| 1:30.6 | You know, we're seeing it in the lives of celebrities. I think for most of us, it's not impacting |
| 1:34.4 | us on a personal level, like something we are considering as an option. I know for some people |
| 1:39.5 | at might, like I said, I struggle with infertility. So it has been something that's popped up in my |
| 1:44.3 | life, but just give us a quick breakdown right here off the bat. What exactly is Syrigacy? |
| 1:49.8 | So there's a couple of different ways that people can do Syrigacy. So I think one of the most |
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