THE Hollywood Reporter examines the soaring demand by Chinese couples for California women willing to sell gestational services:

At San Diego’s Expect Miracles Surrogacy, international clients account for 80 percent of IPs. And of foreigners participating in this permutation of California’s birth tourism, the number of Chinese IPs [intended parents] is growing the fastest, making up the most common single foreign nationality for many agencies right now.

“If they can afford to, they’ll demand a California surrogate because they’ve heard they are the best,” says Sam Everingham, founder of nonprofit Families Through Surrogacy, of California’s current foreign baby boom. “It’s a supply-and-demand issue and has raised the prices of surrogacy in California.”

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Jerene Underwood, 23, a mother of two in Covina and a part-time In-N-Out Burger cook, recently was matched with a Chinese couple seeking a second son through Growing Generations’ VIP program, a concierge-like service that allows increased anonymity to famous IPs. “I would like to get rid of one of my car payments,” says Underwood, who has seen close friends and family members suffer from infertility and was attracted to the idea of helping others build a family.’

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Of course, any baby born via surrogate in the U.S. has birthright citizenship. “The Chinese couples really like that because a lot of them want to come back and forth,” says Molly O’Brien, a fertility lawyer with offices in Torrance who frequently travels to China to participate in information sessions for would-be parents, often sponsored by doctors offices or assisted-reproduction agencies.

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