Thread by @FinUncovered

Big 👏 to @sbowers00, @maliapolitzer and @naipanoilepapa who made the @onewm long list for our #BabyBrokers investigation into the low-cost surrogacy industry – a story that spans Mexico, Georgia, Estonia and Cambodia. 1/4

This investigation was a team effort. So 👏👏 to

@bakradze_n at @ifactGeorgia
@Martinlaineolen & @holger_r at @EestiPaevaleht in🇪🇪
@tanlmont & @Dalila_Sarabia in 🇲🇽
@shanti_das at @ObserverUK
@vicheika11 in 🇰🇭

+ 🙏 to @PulitzerCenter for backing reporters on this story.
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Read the story here which today in the UK is in the news after the Law Commission published recommendations for significant reform of surrogacy rules that will affect would-be parents, surrogates overseas (often in poor countries) & children.
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Yesterday we published government figures obtained by @sbowers00 that for the first time ever details the extent of UK would-be parents hiring surrogates from poorer countries than the UK.
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