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The Girl Defined Show

The Dark Side of Surrogacy and Women Renting Out their Wombs w/ Ericka Andersen

The Girl Defined Show

Bethany Beal and Kristen Clark

Girl Defined, Christian Teen, Girldefined, Christian Advice, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Christian Dating, Womanhood, Society & Culture, Christian Woman, Christian Girl

4.22.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Ep 151 - The surrogacy industry has boomed over the past decade. The rich and famous have started to rent out the wombs of other women in order to maintain their bodies and fast paced lifestyle. Why carry your own baby when another woman can do it for you? There are some serious concerns about this new way of bringing babies into the world. The dark side of "womb renting" isn't something many are willing to be honest about. But, women deserve to know the truth.

We brought on expert Ericka Andersen to share the truth about surrogacy.

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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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