Georgia's Surrogacy Boom Began After Russia's 2022 Invasion

Georgia became a hub for surrogate pregnancies after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, DW reports, and the boom brought costs that aren't obvious from outside: the outlet spoke with parents and with people who hoped to become parents about what it calls the hidden costs of the industry.

A war in one country and a reproduction business expanding in another is the kind of shift that rarely shows up in headline numbers, but it shapes what individual families actually go through.