Feds Investigating Alleged China-Linked ‘Rent-A-Womb’ Surrogacy Ring in California

CALIFORNIA — Federal authorities are investigating a disturbing surrogacy scheme allegedly tied to China, in which multiple surrogate mothers unknowingly delivered children for the same “intended parents.” Over 20 infants have been removed from a home linked to the agency, raising fears of reproductive trafficking and national security threats.

According to The Daily Wire, the alleged operation centers on a business formerly called Marks Surrogacy, now operating under the name Future Spring Surrogacy. The California Department of Child and Family Services reportedly intervened after finding 21 babies at a home run by a Chinese couple associated with the agency.

Surrogates Contacted Through Facebook

Surrogate mother Kayla Elliot told reporters she was recruited through Facebook in 2024 and carried a child to term under contract with the agency. After delivery, she learned that her baby had been placed in state custody — along with at least 20 others — after the agency’s “intended parents” were revealed to be employees of the surrogacy agency, not real clients.

“That’s when I knew something was seriously wrong,” Elliot said.

Further investigation revealed that multiple women across the U.S. — from Georgia, Pennsylvania, and California — had also been contracted by the same agency and delivered babies for the same “parents,” often within weeks of one another.

Photographic evidence shared among the women reportedly showed the same “intended mother” posing with each surrogate and newborn, reinforcing concerns that this was a mass surrogacy ring misrepresenting parental intent.

FBI, Federal Officials Involved

Elliot said she was later contacted and interviewed by the FBI regarding the agency, its practices, and possible international ties. One federal official described the case as “very bizarre,” pointing to the birth of babies on U.S. soil followed by their alleged transport to China, raising both ethical and national security alarms.

“It’s a national security threat,” the official told The Daily Wire. “Babies are being neglected, then transported back to China.”

The official also questioned how identity verification is handled when numerous babies are born under overlapping surrogate contracts with questionable or falsified parental records.

Critics Call It Reproductive Trafficking

The case has drawn outrage from bioethics experts. Kallie Fell, Executive Director of the Center for Bioethics and Culture, called the alleged scheme a “form of organized reproductive trafficking.”

“This isn’t just about one couple — it’s about an industry that treats women as wombs-for-hire and children as commodities,” Fell said.

She and others argue that the commercial surrogacy industry operates in legal gray areas that lack international oversight, enabling such abuse to occur unchecked.

Surrogates Now Sounding the Alarm

Since coming forward on social media, Elliot has connected with numerous other surrogates who shared similar experiences. Many have posted in agency review forums and support groups, warning others to avoid Future Spring Surrogacy and similar agencies.

“Yes, all the stories are real,” Elliot wrote. “We’re waiting to hear as investigations move forward… the facts about our own journeys somehow all tie together in a strange twisted way.”

Elliot has launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for legal fees in her fight to regain custody of the baby she carried.

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